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| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation |
| Synonyms: | calculate, cast, compute, count, enumerate, figure, reckon, sum, tally, total, count up, do addition, reckon up, summate, tot, tot up, tote |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | subtract |
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
| Synonyms: | affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, continue, figure in, hike, include, pad, parlay, reply, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten*, tag, charge up, cue in, flesh out, heat up, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, jack up, jazz up, join together, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, run up*, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, tack on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach or stick |
| Synonyms: | add, annex, append, bind, fasten, glue, join, paste, put on, tack, tag, hitch on, rivet, slap on, subjoin, tack on, tag on |
| Antonyms: | detach, loosen, let go |
| Main Entry: | amplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
| Synonyms: | add, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen, flesh out, hike up, jack up, soup up |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attention deficit disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning disability |
| Synonyms: | ADD, ADHD, hyperactiveness, hyperactivity, short attention span |
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amass, collect in pile |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add, arrange, augment, bank, bunch, concentrate, deposit, dump, fill, gather, group, hoard, increase, load, lump, mass, mound, pack, stack, stockpile, store, swell, fill up |
| Main Entry: | include |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contain, involve |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, admit, append, bear, build, carry, combine, comprehend, comprise, consist of, constitute, count, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, entail, enter, have, hold, implicate, incorporate, inject, insert, interject, interpolate, introduce, number, receive, subsume, take in, take into account, allow for, be composed of, be made up of, build in, cut in on, make allowance for, make room for, number among, teem with, work in |
| Antonyms: | eliminate, exclude, neglect, reject |
| Main Entry: | interject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw in; interrupt |
| Synonyms: | add, fill in, implant, import, include, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, insert, insinuate, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, intrude, splice, force in, intercalate, parenthesize, put in, squeeze in |
| Main Entry: | lace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, intertwine |
| Synonyms: | add, attach, bind, close, do up, fortify, interlace, interweave, mix, spike, strap, thread, tie, twine, plat |
| Antonyms: | unfasten, untie, unlace, untwine |
| Main Entry: | lend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loan, accommodate |
| Synonyms: | add, advance, afford, allow, bestow, confer, contribute, entrust, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, let, loan shark, oblige, permit, present, provide, stake, supply, trust, lay on one, lend-lease, shark |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
| Main Entry: | multiply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase; reproduce |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add, aggrandize, aggregate, augment, boost, breed, build up, compound, cube, double, enlarge, expand, extend, generate, heighten, magnify, manifold, mount, populate, procreate, produce, proliferate, propagate, raise, repeat, rise, spread, square |
| Antonyms: | decrease, divide, lessen, reduce |
| Main Entry: | number |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | count, calculate |
| Synonyms: | account, add, aggregate, amount, come, computer, enumerate, estimate, figure in, include, numerate, reckon, run, run down, sum, tale, tally, tell, total, add up, count heads, count noses, count off, figure out, keep tabs, run into, run to, take account of, tick off*, tote, tote up |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | say |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make declaration |
| Synonyms: | add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap*, gab*, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip*, maintain, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, rap*, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak*, break silence, give voice, make known, put forth, put into words |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach |
| Synonyms: | add, affix, annex, append, baste, fasten, fix, hem, mount, nail, paste, pin, sew, staple, stitch, tag, tie |
| Antonyms: | detach, separate, unfasten, untack |
| Main Entry: | thicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set; make more dense |
| Synonyms: | add, buttress, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curdle, deepen, enlarge, expand, freeze, harden, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen, swell, widen, clabber, gel, grow thick, inspissate |
| Antonyms: | dilute, liquefy, melt, thin, water down |
| Main Entry: | total |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add up |
| Synonyms: | add, aggregate, amount to, calculate, cast, come, comprise, consist of, equal, figure, foot, number, reach, reckon, sum up, yield, come to, mount up to, pile up, result in, ring up, run into, run to, stack up, summate, totalize, tote |
| Antonyms: | subtract, take away |
| Main Entry: | beef up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen |
| Synonyms: | add, amplify, augment, back up, boost, brace, fortify, increase, intensify, reinforce, shore, support |
| Antonyms: | decrease, diminish, weaken |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
| Synonyms: | add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, fix, link, prefix, secure, stick, tie, unite, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, make fast, rivet, slap on, tag on |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, remove, separate, sever, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compute or estimate amount |
| Synonyms: | account, add, adjust, appraise, assay, cast, cipher, consider, count, determine, divide, enumerate, figure, forecast, foretell, gauge, guess, judge, measure, multiply, number, rate, reckon, subtract, sum, tally, value, weigh, work out, dope out*, keep tabs, size up, take account of, tot, tote up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
| Synonyms: | accord, add, afford, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out*, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, pitch in*, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, tender, will, ante up, dower, go Dutch, pony up, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, withdraw, withhold, take away |
* = 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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