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| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, shape, square, suit, tailor, come around, get act together, grow used to, play the game, roll with punches, shape up |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make, become suitable for something |
| Synonyms: | accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, agree, attune, bend over backwards*, comply, compose, conform, coordinate, correspond, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fit, go by the book, go with the flow, harmonize, integrate, make consistent, modify, play the game, proportion, reconcile, settle, shape up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, unsuit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accustom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get used to |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, adapt, familiarize, habituate, season, acclimatize, acculturate |
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, buy, come across, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle*, cut a deal*, ditto*, give in, jibe*, okay, pass, play ball*, reconcile, set, submit, subscribe, yes, yield, bow to, cave in*, come around, give out, go along, roll over and play dead, say uncle, shake on |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dissent, object, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, doctor*, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, habituate, harmonize, modify, order, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, tailor, tune, acclimatize, do as Romans do, fiddle with, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, make conform, quadrate, swim with the tide, tailor-make |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take up, tap, use, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take over |
| Antonyms: | disown, reject, repudiate, repulse, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, develop, diversify, doctor, metamorphose, modify, mutate, reconstruct, reform, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, shift, transform, turn, vary, correct mid-course, dial back, fine tune, make different, phony up, recalibrate, recast, refashion, reshape, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain, let stand |
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare musical composition differently |
| Synonyms: | adapt, instrument, orchestrate, score |
| Main Entry: | assimilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become adjusted; adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accustom, adapt, conform, fit, match, mingle, parallel, standardize, acclimatize, acculturate, become like, become similar, blend in, go native, homogenize, homologize, intermix |
| Antonyms: | not adapt |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune, acclimatize, make agree |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, temper, transform, translate, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp, make innovations, make over, recondition, remake, restyle, tamper with, transfigure, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield |
| Synonyms: | accede, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, fawn, kowtow*, obey, submit, succumb, truckle, give in to, knuckle, knuckleunder |
| Antonyms: | advance, force, forge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | differentiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change; make different |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, assort, convert, diversify, mismatch, modify, transform, vary, mismate, variegate |
| Antonyms: | allow, leave |
| Main Entry: | dispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place, order; deal with |
| Synonyms: | actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt |
| Notes: | predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, solve |
| Synonyms: | adapt, decipher, decode, interpret, render, resolve, translate, transpose, work out, puzzle out, transliterate |
| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | familiarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about |
| Synonyms: | accustom, adapt, adjust, break the ice*, case*, check out, coach, condition, enlighten, get in, get together, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, school, season, train, use, wont, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, bring into use, come to know, gain friendship, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get with it, let down hair, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, put on to, tip off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, design, create |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, build, carve, construct, contrive, cook up*, cut, devise, dream up*, erect, fabricate, fit, forge, form, frame*, make, manufacture, model, mold, plan, plot, produce, sculpture, shape, suit, tailor, turn out*, work, knock together, throw together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare, equip |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, appoint, arm, blend, fit, furnish, harness, match, organize, outfit, ready, regulate, rig*, suit, tailor, turn out, accouter, fit out* |
* = 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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