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| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | crunch*, difficulty, dilemma, hot water, no-win situation, nuisance, pickle*, predicament, quandary, between a rock and a hard place, sticky situation, tight situation, tight spot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, hem, hitch, hobble, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, pin, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke, encase, enchain, enfetter, handcuff, hitch on, hook on, hook up, peg down, pin down, pinion, tack on |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, loosen, release, unfasten, untie, set free, unbind |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate; restrict |
| Synonyms: | compel, confine, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, indenture, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, require, restrain, restrict, yoke, hogtie*, lock up, put half nelson on, put lock on |
| Antonyms: | allow, free, let, permit, set free |
* = 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: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bandage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover a wound |
| Synonyms: | bind, dress, swathe, truss, wrap |
| Main Entry: | betroth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
| Synonyms: | affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one's hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow |
| Antonyms: | divorce, leave, separate |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten; stick |
| Synonyms: | bind, connect, fix, fuse, glue, gum, paste, stickum |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unfasten, let go, unstick |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, gird, hold up, prepare, prop, ready, reinforce, shove, steady, steel, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten, uphold |
| Antonyms: | loosen, unfasten, let go |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, extend |
| Synonyms: | attach, bind, branch, couple, cross, go over, join, link, reach, span, traverse, unite, arch over, cross over, subtend |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, unlink |
| Main Entry: | bundle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accumulate, package |
| Synonyms: | bale, bind, clothe, fasten, pack, tie, truss, wrap, palletize |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread, let go |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach securely, often with sticky material |
| Synonyms: | bind, blend, bond, cohere, combine, connect, fasten, fuse, glue, gum, join, merge, paste, plaster, seal, solder, unite, weld, mortar, stick together |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate, unfix |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manacle in metal |
| Synonyms: | attach, bind, confine, connect, enslave, fetter, hold, moor, restrain, shackle, tether, tie up, trammel, handcuff |
| Main Entry: | combine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, integrate |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, coalesce, commingle, compound, cooperate, couple, dub, fuse, get together, incorporate, join, league, link, marry, merge, mingle, mix, network, pool, put together, relate, synthesize, unify, unite, wed, bunch up, coadjute, conjoin, glue oneself to, hitch on, hook on, interface, plug into, slap on, stand in with, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, dissolve, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | confine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, limit |
| Synonyms: | bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cramp, detain, enslave, fix, hinder, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put away, repress, restrain, restrict, shorten, shut up, cool down, delimit, hem in, hog-tie, put a lid on, put on ice, send up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consolidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make firm |
| Synonyms: | add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concentrate, condense, connect, develop, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, pool, reinforce, secure, set, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, thicken, unify, bunch up, concatenate, conjoin, densen, federate, hitch on, hook up with, plug into, render solid, slap on, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie in, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | constrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force; restrain |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, confine, constrict, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hold back, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, stifle, urge, withhold, concuss, cool off, hem in, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, detention, downtime*, filibuster, hindrance, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, remission, reprieve, setback, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, wait, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, discontinuation, hangup, hold-up, holding, lingering, logjam, loitering, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, retardation, retardment, showstopper, tarrying, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hurry, rush, speed, hastening |
* = 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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