| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | determine, decide |
Synonyms: |
agree on, appoint, arrange, arrive at, conclude, define, establish, limit, name, resolve, set, settle, solve, specify, work, work out |
Antonyms: |
disturb, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
Synonyms: |
achieve, affect, arrive at, attain, gain, influence, leave a mark, occur, overwhelm, reach, secure, strike, touch |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | infer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, ascertain, assume, believe, collect, conjecture, construe, deduce, derive, draw, draw inference, figure, figure out, gather, glean, guess, induce, interpret, intuit, judge, presume, presuppose, reach conclusion, read between lines, read into, reason, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, understand |
Antonyms: |
misconceive, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, aim at |
Synonyms: |
advance, arrive at, arrive in time, attain, bear, break for, catch, get to, go, head, light out, meet, move, proceed, progress, reach, set out, strike out, take off |
Antonyms: |
fail |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain; rise |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, amount to, arrive at, climb to, come to, drop, fall, gain, move, rack up, realize, score, sink, win |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
Synonyms: |
announce, arrive at, bring in, come back, come in, come to, communicate, declare, deliver, pass, rejoin, render, reply, report, respond, retort, state, submit |
Antonyms: |
ask, request |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, discover |
Synonyms: |
achieve, arrive at, attain, catch, chance upon, come across, come upon, dig up, effect, encounter, happen upon, hit upon, lay bare, light upon, open up, reach, seize, stumble across, take, turn up, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss |