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acknowledge - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize authority |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, certify, defend, endorse, grant, own, ratify, recognize, support, uphold, yield, attest to, defer to, subscribe to, take an oath |
| Antonyms: | forswear, ignore, refuse, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit truth or reality of something |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, avow, come clean*, concede, confess, cop a plea, crack*, declare, grant, let on*, own, profess, recognize, yield, come out of closet, fess up, get off chest, open up |
| Antonyms: | abjure, contradict, disavow, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize receipt of something |
| Synonyms: | address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | avow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | state; profess |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, assert, aver, avouch, concede, confess, cross one's heart, declare, grant, maintain, own up, proclaim, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | censure, condemn, deny, disclaim, disown, dispute, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | cash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange for real money |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, change, discharge, draw, honor, liquidate, pay, realize, redeem, break a bill, make change |
| Main Entry: | come out with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disclose information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, bring out, come clean, declare, deliver, divulge, own, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, chime in*, lay open, own up |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit, confirm |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean*, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on, evince, finger*, fink*, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let on*, level with, make clean breast of, manifest, narrate, open one's heart, own, own up, post, profess, prove, rat on, recognize, relate, reveal, sing*, snitch*, sound off, spill the beans*, spit out, squeal*, tip hand, unload*, vent, weasel* |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, make public |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light*, broadcast, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, leak, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch*, spill, spill the beans*, squeal*, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter, come out of the closet, lay bare, let slip, make known |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, allow |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accord, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, allocate, allot, assign, assume, avow, award, bestow, bless, cede, come across, come through, concede, confer, convey, donate, drop, give, give in, impart, invest, own, permit, present, profess, relinquish, stake, suppose, surrender, transfer, transmit, vouchsafe, yield, come around, consent to, gift with, give out, give the nod, give thumbs-up, go along with, own up, shake on, sign off on, sign on* |
| Antonyms: | condemn, deny, refuse, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | greet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | welcome |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, approach, attend, bow, call to, compliment, curtsy, embrace, exchange greetings, extend one's hand, flag, hail, herald, high-five, highball, meet, move to, nod, pay respects, receive, recognize, roll out the red carpet, salaam*, salute, say hello, say hi, shake hands, shoulder, speak to, stop, tip one's hat, usher in*, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | say farewell, say goodbye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, bring up, broach, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, allude to, call attention to, hint at, make known, point to, speak about, speak of, touch on |
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | observe, perceive |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig*, discern, distinguish, espy, heed, make out*, mark, mind, note, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in, flash on, get a load of, look at, pick up on |
| Antonyms: | ignore, miss, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | profess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avow, certify, claim, come out*, confess, confirm, croon, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, maintain, make out, own, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, sing*, spiel*, spout*, state, stump*, vouch, act as if, avouch, blow hot air, constate, cross heart, get off chest, get on soapbox, open up, own up, say so, soapbox, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | react |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | respond; conduct oneself |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, act, answer, backfire, behave, boomerang*, bounce back*, counter, echo, feel, function, get back at, operate, perform, proceed, rebound, reciprocate, recoil, recur, reply, return, revert, take, work, answer back, be affected, give a snappy comeback, give back, have a funny feeling, have vibes, talk back, turn back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, come back*, counter, echo, feedback, react, reciprocate, rejoin, respond, retaliate, retort, return, riposte, squelch*, top*, be in touch, field the question, get back to, shoot back, write back |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question reply is generally used when the answer is understood to be verbal - either written or oral; response, by contrast, has a more general application and may be used for a variety of reactions respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in answer to something |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, answer, behave, come back, come in, counter, feedback, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return, act in response, answer back, be in touch with, come back at, feel for, field the question, get back to, get in touch, talk back |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
| Main Entry: | salute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | greet; honor |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, bow, congratulate, hail, receive, recognize, speak, welcome, call to, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, snap to attention, take hat off to |
| Main Entry: | take it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept, endure |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, agree, bear with, bite the bullet, capitulate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, face the music*, go along with, grin and bear it, hang tough, live with, play the game, put up with, sit still for, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, tolerate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express gratitude |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, bless, kiss*, praise, be grateful, be indebted, be obligated, be obliged, bow down, give thanks, say thank you, show appreciation, show courtesy, show gratitude, smile on* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unmask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, announce, bare, bring to light*, come out with, confess, disclose, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, leak, show, tell, uncover, unearth, unveil, bring out into the open, let cat out of the bag, make known, make public, unclothe |
* = 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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