Related Words:
- encourage
collapse - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
- inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to related words >
- abet,
- admonish,
- advance,
- advantage,
- advocate,
- aid,
- aid and abet,
- animate,
- ask for,
- assist,
- assure,
- bear up,
- bolster,
- boost,
- brace up,
- brighten,
- buck up,
- buoy up,
- caution,
- charge,
- cheer,
- cheer up,
- chirk up,
- comfort,
- condole with,
- conduce to,
- console,
- contribute to,
- countenance,
- ease,
- egg on,
- embolden,
- endorse,
- enjoin,
- enliven,
- exhilarate,
- exhort,
- expedite,
- expostulate,
- facilitate,
- favor,
- feed,
- forward,
- foster,
- further,
- give a lift,
- give comfort,
- give encouragement,
- gladden,
- go for,
- hasten,
- hearten,
- help,
- incite,
- induce,
- inspire,
- inspirit,
- invigorate,
- invite,
- issue a caveat,
- keep in countenance,
- lend wings to,
- liven,
- make for,
- move,
- nerve,
- nourish,
- nurture,
- pep up,
- persuade,
- pick up,
- preach,
- promote,
- prompt,
- push forward,
- put at ease,
- put forward,
- quicken,
- reassure,
- rejoice,
- rejoice the heart,
- relieve,
- remonstrate,
- set at ease,
- set forward,
- shine upon,
- smile upon,
- solace,
- speed,
- stimulate,
- subscribe,
- subsidize,
- support,
- sympathize with,
- urge,
- vitalize,
- warn
- proctor
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- someone who supervises (an examination) related words >
- Big Brother,
- MC,
- advocate,
- agent,
- amicus curiae,
- apprentice teacher,
- attorney,
- attorney-at-law,
- auditor,
- bailiff,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- butler,
- chief,
- comptroller,
- controller,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- croupier,
- curator,
- custodian,
- deputy,
- emcee,
- factor,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- friend at court,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- graduate assistant,
- guardian,
- head,
- headman,
- housekeeper,
- inspector,
- intercessor,
- intern,
- landreeve,
- lawyer,
- legal adviser,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- librarian,
- majordomo,
- master of ceremonies,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- noncommissioned officer,
- overman,
- overseer,
- paraprofessional,
- pleader,
- practice teacher,
- praepostor,
- prefect,
- procurator,
- pupil teacher,
- sea lawyer,
- self-styled lawyer,
- seneschal,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- solicitor,
- steward,
- straw boss,
- student assistant,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- taskmaster,
- teaching assistant,
- teaching fellow,
- teaching intern,
- visitor
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- assistant,
- attorney,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bit player,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- extra,
- fake,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mute,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- second,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spares,
- spear-carrier,
- standby,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- supe,
- super,
- supernumerary,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting cast,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- walk-on,
- walking gentleman
- backbone
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- the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
- fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" related words >
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bearer,
- bottom,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- buttress,
- cane,
- carrier,
- cervix,
- chutzpah,
- corset,
- courage,
- crook,
- crutch,
- determination,
- firmness,
- fortitude,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- gameness,
- girdle,
- grit,
- guts,
- gutsiness,
- guttiness,
- guy,
- guywire,
- hardihood,
- heart,
- heart of oak,
- intestinal fortitude,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mast,
- mettle,
- mettlesomeness,
- moxie,
- neck,
- nerve,
- pillar,
- pith,
- pluck,
- pluckiness,
- prop,
- purposefulness,
- rachis,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- sand,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- spinal column,
- spine,
- spirit,
- sprit,
- spunk,
- spunkiness,
- stability,
- staff,
- stamina,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- staying power,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- stout heart,
- strength,
- strengthener,
- sturdiness,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- toughness,
- true grit,
- upholder,
- vertebrae,
- vertebral column,
- walking stick,
- will
- administer,
- advise,
- advocate,
- apply,
- appoint,
- assign,
- authorize,
- be responsible for,
- bestow,
- brief,
- call the signals,
- captain,
- carry on,
- choose,
- coach,
- command,
- conduct,
- confer,
- constitute,
- constrain,
- consult with,
- control,
- counsel,
- cure,
- decide,
- declare lawful,
- decree,
- define,
- demand,
- determine,
- dictate,
- direct,
- dose,
- dose with,
- enact,
- enforce upon,
- engineer,
- enjoin,
- establish,
- exact,
- fix,
- force,
- force upon,
- formulate,
- give,
- govern,
- guide,
- handle,
- head,
- head up,
- impose,
- instruct,
- kibitz,
- lay down,
- lay on,
- lead,
- lead on,
- legalize,
- legislate,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- make a regulation,
- make legal,
- make obligatory,
- make the rules,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- mastermind,
- meddle,
- mete out to,
- officer,
- ordain,
- order,
- pick out,
- prescribe for,
- propose,
- pull the strings,
- put in force,
- put on,
- put upon,
- quarterback,
- recommend,
- regulate,
- remedy,
- require,
- rule,
- run,
- sanction,
- select,
- set,
- set down,
- settle,
- skipper,
- specify,
- stipulate,
- submit,
- suggest,
- take command,
- take the lead,
- treat,
- validate
- protagonist
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- the principal character in a work of fiction related words >
- Maecenas,
- abettor,
- actor,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- angel,
- antagonist,
- antihero,
- apologist,
- backer,
- bit,
- bit part,
- buff,
- cast,
- champion,
- character,
- cue,
- danseur noble,
- defender,
- dependence,
- diva,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fan,
- fat part,
- favorer,
- feature attraction,
- feeder,
- first tragedian,
- friend at court,
- headliner,
- heavy,
- heavy lead,
- hero,
- heroine,
- ingenue,
- jeune premier,
- lead,
- lead role,
- leader,
- leading lady,
- leading man,
- leading woman,
- lines,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- moving spirit,
- paranymph,
- part,
- partisan,
- patron,
- person,
- personage,
- piece,
- prima ballerina,
- prima donna,
- prime mover,
- principal,
- promoter,
- reliance,
- role,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- side,
- sider,
- singer,
- soubrette,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- standard-bearer,
- standby,
- star,
- straight part,
- superstar,
- support,
- supporter,
- supporting character,
- supporting role,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- title role,
- upholder,
- villain,
- votary,
- walk-on,
- walking part,
- well-wisher
- upholder
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- someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" related words >
- Maecenas,
- abettor,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- alpenstock,
- angel,
- apologist,
- approver,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backer,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bearer,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- buff,
- buttress,
- cane,
- carrier,
- certifier,
- cervix,
- champion,
- confirmer,
- corset,
- cosignatory,
- cosigner,
- crook,
- crutch,
- defender,
- dependence,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fan,
- favorer,
- foundation garment,
- friend at court,
- fulcrum,
- girdle,
- guarantor,
- guard,
- guy,
- guywire,
- insurer,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mast,
- neck,
- notary,
- notary public,
- paladin,
- paranymph,
- partisan,
- party,
- patron,
- promoter,
- prop,
- protagonist,
- protector,
- ratifier,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- reliance,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- sider,
- signatory,
- spine,
- sponsor,
- sprit,
- staff,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- subscriber,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- underwriter,
- vindicator,
- votary,
- walking stick,
- well-wisher
- prevailing
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- encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"
- most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" related words >
- abounding,
- abundant,
- accidental,
- accompanying,
- accustomed,
- ado,
- affecting,
- affluent,
- afloat,
- afoot,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- aplenty,
- arch,
- ascendant,
- average,
- banner,
- besetting,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- circumstantial,
- common,
- commonplace,
- conquering,
- conventional,
- copious,
- crowning,
- current,
- customary,
- defeating,
- diffuse,
- doing,
- dominant,
- dominating,
- effective,
- effectual,
- effuse,
- epidemic,
- eventuating,
- everyday,
- exhaustless,
- extravagant,
- exuberant,
- familiar,
- fat,
- fertile,
- first,
- flush,
- flushed with success,
- focal,
- forceful,
- foremost,
- full,
- galore,
- general,
- generous,
- going on,
- great,
- habitual,
- happening,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- household,
- in ascendancy,
- in hand,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- in the ascendant,
- in the wind,
- incidental,
- inexhaustible,
- influential,
- lavish,
- leading,
- liberal,
- luxuriant,
- magisterial,
- main,
- many,
- master,
- maximal,
- much,
- normal,
- normative,
- numerous,
- occasional,
- occurring,
- on,
- on foot,
- on the throne,
- ongoing,
- opulent,
- ordinary,
- overcoming,
- overflowing,
- overruling,
- pandemic,
- paramount,
- passing,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- popular,
- potent,
- powerful,
- predominant,
- predominating,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- prepotent,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- rampant,
- ranking,
- regnant,
- regular,
- regulation,
- reigning,
- replete,
- resultant,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- routine,
- ruling,
- running,
- running over,
- sovereign,
- standard,
- star,
- stellar,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- successful,
- superabundant,
- supereminent,
- swaying,
- taking place,
- teeming,
- telling,
- topflight,
- triumphal,
- triumphant,
- under way,
- universal,
- usual,
- vanquishing,
- vernacular,
- victorious,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale,
- widespread,
- winning,
- wonted
- instruct
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- give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
- make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" related words >
- acquaint,
- advertise,
- advertise of,
- advise,
- advocate,
- apprise,
- assign,
- bid,
- brief,
- bring word,
- broaden the mind,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- catechize,
- charge,
- civilize,
- coach,
- command,
- commission,
- communicate,
- confer,
- consult with,
- counsel,
- declare,
- decree,
- define,
- demonstrate,
- dictate,
- direct,
- discipline,
- disclose,
- drill,
- edify,
- educate,
- engineer,
- enjoin,
- enlighten,
- familiarize,
- give an order,
- give instruction,
- give lessons in,
- give notice,
- give the facts,
- give the word,
- give word,
- ground,
- guide,
- illumine,
- importune,
- inculcate,
- indoctrinate,
- inform,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- kibitz,
- lead,
- leave word,
- let know,
- mandate,
- meddle,
- mention to,
- notify,
- open the eyes,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- pilot,
- prepare,
- prescribe,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- propose,
- recommend,
- reeducate,
- report,
- require,
- rule,
- say the word,
- school,
- send word,
- serve notice,
- set right,
- sharpen the wits,
- show,
- show how,
- speak,
- steer,
- submit,
- suggest,
- teach,
- teach a lesson,
- teach the rudiments,
- tell,
- train,
- tutor,
- verse,
- warn
- winning
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- succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
- bringing success; "the winning run" related words >
- Cadmean victory,
- KO,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- acceptable,
- accession,
- acquirement,
- acquisition,
- addition,
- admirable,
- adorable,
- agreeable,
- alluring,
- angelic,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- ascendancy,
- ascendant,
- attainment,
- attractive,
- authoritative,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- caressable,
- catching,
- championship,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coming by,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- consequential,
- coquettish,
- cuddlesome,
- defeating,
- delightful,
- desirable,
- dominant,
- dragging down,
- dulcet,
- earnings,
- easy victory,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- enchanting,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- enviable,
- estimable,
- exciting,
- exotic,
- exquisite,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- flushed with success,
- gaining,
- getting,
- getting hold of,
- glamorous,
- grand slam,
- heart-robbing,
- hypnotic,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- interesting,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- kissable,
- knockout,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- likable,
- lovable,
- lovely,
- lovesome,
- luxurious,
- magnetic,
- making,
- mastery,
- mesmeric,
- momentous,
- moneygetting,
- moneygrubbing,
- moneymaking,
- moral victory,
- mouth-watering,
- obtainment,
- obtention,
- overcoming,
- personable,
- persuasive,
- picnic,
- piquant,
- pleasing,
- potent,
- powerful,
- prepossessing,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- procural,
- procurance,
- procuration,
- procurement,
- provocative,
- provoquant,
- pushover,
- ravishing,
- reputable,
- runaway victory,
- securement,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- sensuous,
- seraphic,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- strong,
- suasive,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- substantial,
- success,
- successful,
- sweet,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- telling,
- tempting,
- thrilling,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- to be desired,
- toothsome,
- total victory,
- triumph,
- triumphal,
- triumphant,
- trover,
- unobjectionable,
- vanquishing,
- victorious,
- victory,
- voluptuous,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- weighty,
- win,
- winning streak,
- winsome,
- witching,
- worth having
- Maecenas,
- abettor,
- acolyte,
- adjutant,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- amicus curiae,
- angel,
- apologist,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- attorney,
- auxiliary,
- backer,
- backup,
- backup man,
- best man,
- bridemaiden,
- bridesmaid,
- bridesman,
- buff,
- champion,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- defender,
- dependence,
- deputy,
- dummy,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fan,
- favorer,
- figurehead,
- friend at court,
- groomsman,
- help,
- helper,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- matron of honor,
- paraprofessional,
- partisan,
- patron,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- promoter,
- protagonist,
- proxy,
- reliance,
- representative,
- second,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- servant,
- sideman,
- sider,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- substitute,
- support,
- supporter,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- surrogate,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- understudy,
- upholder,
- usher,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vicegerent,
- votary,
- wedding attendant,
- wedding party,
- well-wisher
- recommend
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- make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"
- push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" related words >
- acclaim,
- advance,
- advise,
- advocacy,
- advocate,
- advocating,
- advocation,
- applaud,
- approve,
- back,
- blandish,
- boost,
- brief,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- broach,
- cajole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- certificate of character,
- character,
- character reference,
- coach,
- coax,
- commend,
- commend to attention,
- compliment,
- confer,
- consult with,
- counsel,
- credential,
- cry up,
- direct,
- endorse,
- exhort,
- favor,
- guide,
- hail,
- high-pressure,
- hype,
- importune,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- instruct,
- introduce,
- jawbone,
- kibitz,
- launch,
- lay before,
- letter of introduction,
- lobby,
- make a motion,
- meddle,
- moot,
- move,
- nag,
- offer a resolution,
- open up,
- patronage,
- persuade,
- plead with,
- plug,
- pose,
- postulate,
- praise,
- prefer,
- prescribe,
- press,
- pressure,
- promote,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- puff,
- push,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put it to,
- recommendation,
- reference,
- second,
- set before,
- set forth,
- soft-soap,
- speak highly of,
- speak warmly of,
- speak well of,
- stand up for,
- start,
- submit,
- subscribe to,
- suggest,
- support,
- sweet-talk,
- testimonial,
- tout,
- underwrite,
- urge,
- vouch for,
- voucher,
- wheedle,
- work on
- adulate,
- advocate,
- allure,
- apply pressure,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- bamboozle,
- beguile,
- beset,
- besiege,
- beslobber,
- beslubber,
- betray,
- blandish,
- bluff,
- bug,
- butter up,
- buttonhole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- cheat on,
- circumvent,
- coax,
- compliment,
- conceit,
- conjure,
- deceive,
- decoy,
- delude,
- diddle,
- double-cross,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- dun,
- dupe,
- ensnare,
- entice,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- fawn upon,
- flatter,
- flirt,
- flirt with,
- forestall,
- gammon,
- get around,
- give the come-on,
- gull,
- high-pressure,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- hornswaggle,
- humbug,
- importune,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- inveigle,
- jawbone,
- juggle,
- lead on,
- let down,
- lobby,
- lure,
- make fair weather,
- mock,
- nag,
- nag at,
- offer bait to,
- oil the tongue,
- outmaneuver,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- palaver,
- persuade,
- pester,
- pigeon,
- plague,
- play one false,
- plead with,
- ply,
- praise,
- press,
- pressure,
- push,
- put something over,
- recommend,
- rope in,
- seduce,
- slobber over,
- snow,
- soft-soap,
- string along,
- stroke,
- suck in,
- sweet-talk,
- take in,
- tease,
- trick,
- two-time,
- urge,
- wheedle,
- woo,
- work on
- backup
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- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet" related words >
- about-face,
- about-turn,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- attorney,
- back track,
- back trail,
- backing,
- backing off,
- backing out,
- backing up,
- backup man,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fake,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mock,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversing,
- reversion,
- right-about,
- right-about-face,
- ringer,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spare,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- stopgap,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- swingaround,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- token,
- turnabout,
- turnaround,
- understudy,
- utility,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vicarious,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- volte-face
- Maecenas,
- abettor,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- alpenstock,
- angel,
- apologist,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backer,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bearer,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- broadcast,
- buff,
- buttress,
- cane,
- canned show,
- carrier,
- cervix,
- champion,
- commercial,
- commercial program,
- corset,
- crook,
- crutch,
- defender,
- dependence,
- electrical transcription,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fan,
- favorer,
- foundation garment,
- friend at court,
- fulcrum,
- girdle,
- guy,
- guywire,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mast,
- neck,
- network show,
- newscast,
- paranymph,
- partisan,
- patron,
- promoter,
- prop,
- protagonist,
- radio fare,
- radiobroadcast,
- rebroadcast,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- reliance,
- rerun,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- serial,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- sider,
- soap opera,
- sound effects,
- spine,
- sponsor,
- sportscast,
- sprit,
- staff,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- support,
- supporter,
- sympathizer,
- taped program,
- upholder,
- votary,
- walking stick,
- well-wisher
- bearer
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- a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings" related words >
- Aquarius,
- Ganymede,
- Hebe,
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bheesty,
- boy,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- busboy,
- buttress,
- caddie,
- cane,
- cargo handler,
- carrier,
- carrier pigeon,
- carter,
- cervix,
- common carrier,
- conveyer,
- coolie,
- corset,
- courier,
- crook,
- crutch,
- cupbearer,
- drayman,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- express,
- expressman,
- foundation garment,
- freighter,
- fulcrum,
- girdle,
- griever,
- gun bearer,
- guy,
- guywire,
- hauler,
- homing pigeon,
- internuncio,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- keener,
- lamenter,
- letter carrier,
- litter-bearer,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mast,
- mourner,
- mute,
- neck,
- pallbearer,
- porter,
- professional mourner,
- prop,
- redcap,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- shield-bearer,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- skycap,
- spine,
- sprit,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stevedore,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- stretcher-bearer,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- the Water Bearer,
- transporter,
- truck driver,
- trucker,
- upholder,
- wagoner,
- walking stick,
- water boy,
- water carrier
- plead
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- appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
- enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
- offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
- make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts related words >
- adduce,
- adjure,
- advance,
- advocate,
- affirm,
- allege,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- apply to,
- argue,
- argufy,
- array,
- ask,
- ask for,
- assert,
- aver,
- avow,
- bandy words,
- beg,
- beseech,
- bicker,
- blandish,
- brace,
- bring forward,
- bring on,
- bring to bear,
- cajole,
- call for help,
- call on,
- call upon,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- clamor for,
- coax,
- conduct pleadings,
- conjure,
- contend,
- contest,
- crave,
- cross swords,
- cry for,
- cry on,
- cry to,
- cut and thrust,
- declare,
- demand,
- deploy,
- discept,
- dispute,
- entreat,
- exhort,
- give and take,
- hassle,
- have it out,
- high-pressure,
- impetrate,
- implead,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecate,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- invoke,
- jawbone,
- join issue,
- kneel to,
- lobby,
- lock horns,
- logomachize,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- marshal,
- moot,
- nag,
- obtest,
- offer,
- petition,
- pettifog,
- plead for,
- plead with,
- polemicize,
- polemize,
- pray,
- present,
- press,
- pressure,
- produce,
- push,
- put forward,
- quibble,
- rally,
- recommend,
- request,
- rest,
- run to,
- say,
- seek,
- soft-soap,
- solicit,
- spar,
- supplicate,
- swear,
- sweet-talk,
- take sides,
- thrash out,
- try conclusions,
- urge,
- wheedle,
- work on,
- wrangle
- OK,
- abet,
- accede to,
- accept,
- accord to,
- accredit,
- admire,
- advocate,
- affirm,
- agree to,
- aid and abet,
- amen,
- approve,
- approve of,
- assent,
- assure,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- authorize,
- autograph,
- back,
- back up,
- be sponsor for,
- be willing,
- bless,
- bond,
- certify,
- comfort,
- condescend,
- confirm,
- connive at,
- consent,
- consent to silently,
- cosign,
- countenance,
- countersecure,
- countersign,
- deign,
- elect,
- embolden,
- encourage,
- endorse,
- ensure,
- esteem,
- favor,
- give consent,
- give permission,
- give the go-ahead,
- give the imprimatur,
- give thumbs up,
- go along with,
- go for,
- grant,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- have no objection,
- hearten,
- hold with,
- initial,
- insure,
- keep in countenance,
- nod,
- nod assent,
- nominate,
- not refuse,
- notarize,
- okay,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass upon,
- permit,
- ratify,
- respect,
- rubber stamp,
- sanction,
- say amen to,
- say aye,
- say yes,
- seal,
- second,
- secure,
- shine upon,
- sign,
- sign and seal,
- sign for,
- smile upon,
- sponsor,
- stand behind,
- stand up for,
- subscribe,
- subscribe to,
- support,
- swear and affirm,
- swear to,
- take kindly to,
- think well of,
- undersign,
- underwrite,
- uphold,
- validate,
- view with favor,
- visa,
- vise,
- vote,
- vote affirmatively,
- vote aye,
- warrant,
- wink at,
- yield assent
- guy
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- a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
- an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
- steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing" related words >
- Adamite,
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bastard,
- bearer,
- being,
- bird,
- bloke,
- body,
- boy,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- buck,
- bugger,
- buttress,
- cane,
- caricature,
- carrier,
- cat,
- cervix,
- chap,
- character,
- corset,
- creature,
- crook,
- crutch,
- customer,
- duck,
- dude,
- earthling,
- feller,
- fellow,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- gazebo,
- gee,
- geezer,
- gent,
- gentleman,
- girdle,
- groundling,
- guywire,
- hand,
- he,
- head,
- homo,
- human,
- human being,
- individual,
- jasper,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- joker,
- lad,
- lampoon,
- life,
- living soul,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- make fun of,
- man,
- mast,
- mock,
- mortal,
- neck,
- nose,
- one,
- party,
- person,
- personage,
- personality,
- poke fun at,
- prop,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rib,
- ridicule,
- rigging,
- satirize,
- send up,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- single,
- somebody,
- someone,
- soul,
- spine,
- sprit,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- stud,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- take off,
- tellurian,
- terran,
- upholder,
- walking stick,
- worldling,
- youth
- succeed
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- be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
- attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" related words >
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- act for,
- advance,
- arrive,
- attain,
- attend,
- be a gas,
- be a hit,
- be a success,
- be blooded,
- be successful,
- be victorious,
- bill,
- bomb,
- boom,
- break the record,
- bring off,
- bring through,
- c,
- carry off,
- catch on,
- change hands,
- change ownership,
- change places with,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- click,
- come after,
- come along,
- come by,
- come in for,
- come into,
- come off,
- come on,
- compass,
- connect,
- conquer,
- consummate,
- contrive,
- crowd out,
- crown with success,
- cut out,
- cut the mustard,
- deal with,
- descend,
- devolve,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- displace,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- do well,
- double for,
- dow,
- dramatize,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- emanate,
- enact,
- engineer,
- enjoy prosperity,
- ensue,
- execute,
- fail,
- farewell,
- feature,
- fetch,
- fill in for,
- flop,
- flourish,
- follow,
- follow after,
- follow up,
- fulfill,
- gain,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- get on swimmingly,
- get on well,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- go,
- go after,
- go great guns,
- go off,
- go on,
- go over,
- go over big,
- go to town,
- go well,
- graduate,
- hack it,
- headline,
- heir,
- hit the mark,
- inherit,
- issue,
- knock off,
- make,
- make a hit,
- make good,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make out,
- make progress,
- make the grade,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- meet with success,
- melodramatize,
- mount,
- muddle through,
- negotiate,
- open,
- open a show,
- overtake,
- pan out,
- pass,
- pass on,
- perform,
- pinch-hit,
- polish off,
- premiere,
- present,
- prevail,
- preview,
- produce,
- progress,
- prosper,
- prove out,
- pull off,
- put across,
- put away,
- put on,
- put over,
- put through,
- qualify,
- reach,
- realize,
- relieve,
- replace,
- represent,
- result,
- scenarize,
- score,
- scrape along,
- set the stage,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stage,
- stand in for,
- star,
- subrogate,
- substitute for,
- succeed in,
- succeed to,
- supersede,
- supervene,
- supplant,
- swap places with,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- take,
- take care of,
- theatricalize,
- thrive,
- track,
- trail,
- triumph,
- try out,
- turn out well,
- turn the trick,
- understudy for,
- win,
- win out,
- work,
- work out,
- work well,
- work wonders,
- worry along
- qualify
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- make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
- make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"
- describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
- pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
- prove capable or fit; meet requirements related words >
- abate,
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- answer,
- ascribe,
- assign,
- assuage,
- attribute,
- attune,
- authorize,
- avail,
- be OK,
- be blooded,
- be equal to,
- be successful,
- bear,
- better,
- bound,
- box,
- box in,
- box up,
- break up,
- capacitate,
- catch on,
- certify,
- change,
- check out,
- circumscribe,
- click,
- come off,
- condition,
- confine,
- connect,
- contain,
- convert,
- copyright,
- cramp,
- deform,
- denature,
- diminish,
- discipline,
- distinguish,
- diversify,
- do,
- do it,
- do the job,
- draw the line,
- enable,
- equip,
- farewell,
- fill the bill,
- fit,
- fit out,
- fulfill,
- furnish,
- get by,
- go,
- go around,
- go great guns,
- go off,
- go over,
- go over big,
- go to town,
- graduate,
- hack it,
- have the qualifications,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hem,
- hem in,
- hold,
- improve,
- impute,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- just do,
- keep from spreading,
- keep within bounds,
- leaven,
- limit,
- localize,
- make a hit,
- make reservations,
- make the grade,
- mark,
- measure up,
- meet,
- meet requirements,
- meet with success,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- narrow,
- overthrow,
- palliate,
- pass,
- pass muster,
- patent,
- predicate,
- prepare,
- prevail,
- prosper,
- put in trim,
- put in tune,
- re-create,
- reach,
- ready,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- reduce,
- refit,
- reform,
- register,
- regulate by,
- relate,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- satisfy,
- scant,
- season,
- serve,
- serve the purpose,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- set terms,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- signalize,
- soften,
- specialize,
- specifically provide,
- stand,
- stand up,
- stint,
- stipulate,
- stipulate for,
- straiten,
- stretch,
- subvert,
- succeed,
- suffice,
- suit,
- take,
- take it,
- temper,
- tighten,
- tune,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- vary,
- work,
- work a change,
- work well,
- work wonders,
- worsen
- respond
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- respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy" related words >
- acknowledge,
- act,
- advocate,
- allege in support,
- alternate,
- answer,
- answer back,
- antiphon,
- apprehend,
- argue for,
- assert,
- bandy,
- be affected,
- be aware of,
- be conscious of,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- be quits with,
- be sensible of,
- behave,
- care about,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- champion,
- change,
- change color,
- color with emotion,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come in,
- commute,
- compensate,
- contend for,
- cooperate,
- counter,
- counterchange,
- defend,
- dig,
- echo,
- empathize with,
- espouse,
- exchange,
- experience,
- feel,
- feel for,
- flash back,
- get back at,
- get even with,
- give acknowledgment,
- give and take,
- give answer,
- hear,
- identify with,
- interchange,
- logroll,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- pay back,
- perceive,
- permute,
- pity,
- plead for,
- react,
- rebut,
- reciprocate,
- reecho,
- refute,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- relate to emotionally,
- reply,
- requite,
- respond to,
- respond to stimuli,
- response,
- retaliate,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- return the compliment,
- reverberate,
- riposte,
- say,
- say in defense,
- say in reply,
- see,
- sense,
- share,
- shoot back,
- smell,
- snap back,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- stand up for,
- stick up for,
- support,
- sustain,
- swap,
- switch,
- sympathize with,
- take the bait,
- talk back,
- taste,
- touch,
- trade,
- transpose,
- uphold,
- urge reasons for
- Babylonian,
- Corinthian,
- admirable,
- advantageous,
- auspicious,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- barbaric,
- baroque,
- beaming,
- bedazzling,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- blinding,
- blooming,
- bon,
- bonny,
- boss,
- braw,
- bright,
- bright and shining,
- brilliant,
- bueno,
- capital,
- celebrated,
- charismatic,
- cogent,
- colossal,
- commendable,
- conspicuous,
- cool,
- creditable,
- dandy,
- dashing,
- dazzling,
- deluxe,
- devastating,
- distinguished,
- divine,
- effulgent,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- eminent,
- estimable,
- excellent,
- exceptional,
- exemplary,
- expedient,
- exquisite,
- extraordinary,
- extravagant,
- fab,
- fabulous,
- fair,
- famous,
- fancy,
- fantastic,
- favorable,
- fine,
- first-class,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- fulgent,
- fulgid,
- garish,
- gilt-edged,
- glamorous,
- glaring,
- glary,
- glorious,
- glowing,
- golden,
- good,
- goodly,
- gorgeous,
- grand,
- grandiose,
- great,
- healthy,
- heavenly,
- helpful,
- illustrious,
- immense,
- imposing,
- impressive,
- incomparable,
- incredible,
- keen,
- killing,
- kind,
- laudable,
- lavish,
- lovely,
- lush,
- lustrous,
- luxurious,
- magic,
- magnificent,
- majestic,
- major,
- marvelous,
- matchless,
- meritorious,
- neat,
- nice,
- noble,
- nonpareil,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- numinous,
- ornate,
- out of sight,
- outstanding,
- palatial,
- peerless,
- pleasant,
- plush,
- posh,
- praiseworthy,
- princely,
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