| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer, carry |
Synonyms: |
bear, bring, cart, come across with, convey, dish out, distribute, drop, fork over, gimme, give, hand, hand over, hand-carry, pass, put on, put out, remit, transport, truck |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relinquish possession |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cede, commit, give up, grant, hand over, let go, resign, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield |
Antonyms: |
capture, limit, restrain, restrict |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free, liberate |
Synonyms: |
acquit, discharge, emancipate, loose, ransom, redeem, release, rescue, save, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
confine, detain, imprison, restrain, restrict |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce, proclaim |
Synonyms: |
address, bring out, broach, chime in, come out with, communicate, declare, express, give, give forth, impart, present, pronounce, publish, read, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, vent, voice |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, keep, withhold |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer; throw |
Synonyms: |
aim, deal, direct, dispatch, fling, give, hurl, inflict, launch, pitch, send, strike, transmit |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, give forth |
Synonyms: |
accouch, bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, find, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over |
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | acquit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce removal of blame |
Synonyms: |
absolve, blink at, clear, deliver, discharge, disculpate, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let go, let off, let off the hook, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe off |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispense something needed |
Synonyms: |
apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, measure out, mete out, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender |
Antonyms: |
deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | bail out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
Synonyms: |
aid, deliver, release, relieve, rescue, spring |
Antonyms: |
ignore, refuse |