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accomplish - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | accomplish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed in doing |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, hit*, manage, perform, produce, pull off*, rack up*, reach, realize, score*, win, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, get someplace, get there, make hay, make it, nail it, put it over, sew up, take care of |
| 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: | abandon, fail, nullify, relinquish, give up, not finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | actualize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make real |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, bring about, engineer, produce, realize |
| Main Entry: | bring about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause success |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, engender, generate, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed, effectuate, give rise to, make happen |
| Antonyms: | halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | carry out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete activity |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize, carry through, effectuate |
| Antonyms: | leave, stop, not finish |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to top; culminate |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, orgasm, peak, please, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower, break the record, hit high spot, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo |
| Antonyms: | delve, dip, drop, fall off |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, cap, clinch, conclude, consummate, crown, finish, fulfill, integrate, perfect, round off, top off |
| Antonyms: | take away |
| Main Entry: | complete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up |
| Antonyms: | forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consummate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, finish |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, can*, carry out, clinch, close, come, come through, compass, complete, conclude, crown, drop curtain*, end, halt, knock off, perfect, perform, polish off*, put away*, sign, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up, button down, call a day, clean up, effectuate, fold up, get it together, go the distance, mop up, put finishing touch on, put lid on, put to bed, sew up, take care of, top it off |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fulfill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to completion |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, answer, be just the ticket, carry out, comply with, conclude, conform, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, execute, fill, fill the bill, finish, hit the bull's-eye, implement, keep, make it, make the grade, meet, obey, observe, perfect, perform, please, realize, render, satisfy, score*, suffice, suit |
| Antonyms: | fail, miss, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire, win |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, advance, ameliorate, annex, attain, augment, benefit, boost, bring in, build up, capture, clear, collect, complete, consummate, earn, enlarge, enlist, expand, fulfill, gather, get, glean, grow, harvest, have, improve, increase, land, make, net, obtain, overtake, parlay, perfect, pick up, procure, produce, profit, progress, promote, rack up*, reach, realize, reap, score*, secure, succeed, make a killing, move forward, win over |
| Antonyms: | exhaust, forfeit, lose, miss, pass, spend, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | generate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, create |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up*, work up, give birth to, give rise to |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hack it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to succeed |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, avail, bring home the bacon*, come through, make the cut*, prevail, score, win, be successful, carry off*, come out on top, cut it, cut the mustard, deliver the goods, get to the top, hit the mark, make a go of it, make it, make the grade, pull it off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hammer out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, bring about, build, complete, construct, erect, establish, excogitate, finish, form, make, negotiate, produce, set up, settle, work out, fight through, sort out, thrash out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obtain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, acquire |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perfect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; achieve |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, ameliorate, carry out, complete, consummate, crown, cultivate, develop, effect, elaborate, finish, fulfill, hone, idealize, improve, perform, realize, refine, round, slick, smooth, put finishing touch on |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | rack up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, gain |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, carry out, do, earn, obtain, produce, reach, realize, score, wind up, get done |
| Main Entry: | transact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do business, carry out |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, buy, carry on, clinch, close, conclude, conduct, discharge, do*, enact, execute, finish, handle, jell, manage, move, negotiate, operate, perform, prosecute, pull off, sell, settle, wrap up*, TCB, button down, button up, effectuate, run with the ball, see to, sew up, take care of, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | work out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; satisfy |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, arrange, attain, bring off, clear, come out, complete, compromise, construct, contrive, develop, devise, elaborate, evolve, find out, finish, fix, form, formulate, go, handle, happen, manipulate, pan out*, plan, prosper, pull off*, put together, resolve, result, succeed, swing*, turn out, up, win, be effective, come to terms, figure out, get something done, go well, reach agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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