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| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow entry or use |
| Synonyms: | accept, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign*, suffer, take, take in, be big on, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, let in, sign off on |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light*, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, grant, indicate, let, let on, narrate, number, own, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield, go into details, make known, open up, own up, subscribe to |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree or consent |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, comply, concede, concur, cooperate, cry uncle*, endorse, enter into, fold, grant, let, okay, permit, play ball*, subscribe, yield, be game for, cave in*, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, roll over and play dead, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | condemn, demur, denounce, denounce, deny, protest, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow into group |
| Synonyms: | admit, receive, welcome |
| Antonyms: | blackball, decline, deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive by agreeing, consenting |
| Synonyms: | accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affirm, agree to, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, buy, check out*, comply, go for*, okay, recognize, sign, take on*, thumbs up*, undertake, concur with, cooperate with, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, lap up, rubber-stamp, set store by, sign off on, take one up on |
| Antonyms: | decline, disagree, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval, grant |
| Synonyms: | accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | agree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in unison, assent with another |
| Synonyms: | accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, bury the hatchet*, check, comply, concede, concur, consent, cut a deal*, engage, grant, okay, permit, play ball*, recognize, set, settle, sign*, subscribe, yes*, be of the same mind, buy into, clinch the deal, come to terms, give blessing, give carte blanche, give green light, give the go-ahead, go along with, make a deal, pass on, see eye to eye, shake on, side with, take one up on |
| Antonyms: | contend, contradict, decline, disagree, dispute, dissent, oppose, protest, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, hear of, indulge, let, license, oblige, okay, pass, recognize, release, sanction, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, warrant, be big, be game for, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hold with, live with, pass on, put up with, sit still for, take kindly to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| 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: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
| Synonyms: | abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, balk, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, chicken out, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, hold back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, withdraw, yield, back pedal, backtrack, beg off, cave in, give ground, give up, go back on, have no fight left, pull back, wimp out, withdraw from agreement or statement |
| Antonyms: | go forwaard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baptize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate in church rite |
| Synonyms: | admit, call, christen, cleanse, dip, dub, entitle, immerse, name, purify, regenerate, sprinkle, term, title, asperse, besprinkle, denominate |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo, put up with |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, shun |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trust, rely on |
| Synonyms: | accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for*, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the truth |
| Synonyms: | admit, confess, explain, reveal, spill, acknowledge information, confess all, implicate oneself, incriminate oneself, make clean breast, own up |
| Antonyms: | hide, hold, secret |
| Main Entry: | concede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge, give in |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, admit, allow, avow, award, bury the hatchet*, capitulate, cede, confess, cry uncle*, ditto*, fold, grant, hand over, knuckle under, let on, own, quit, relinquish, surrender, waive, yield, cave in, fess up, give up, go along with, go with the flow, own up, play ball with, say uncle, throw in the towel, yes one |
| Antonyms: | contradict, disagree, dispute, dissent, fight, refuse, reject, repudiate, disacknowledge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge information |
| Synonyms: | admit, breathe, buzz*, confess, disclose, hint, impart, insinuate, intimate, reveal, suggest, tell, whisper, bend an ear, crack to, lay it on, lay the gaff, let in on, spill to, unload on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | co-opt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate |
| Synonyms: | absorb, accept, admit, adopt, bring in, bring into line, bring into the fold, connaturalize, convert, draw in, elect, embrace, encompass, enfold, homogenize, homologize, include, incorporate, make one's own, take in, take over |
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | claim as possession |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, indicate, manifest, notify, own, profess, represent, reveal, state, swear, avouch |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim |
| 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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