| Main Entry: | amaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
Synonyms: |
affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
| Main Entry: | astonish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
Synonyms: |
amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, knock over, overwhelm, put one away, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, expect |
| Main Entry: | astound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
Synonyms: |
astonish, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback |
Antonyms: |
bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
Synonyms: |
alarm, appall, astonish, blow away, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, hotdog, impress, intimidate, knock socks off, overawe, scare, showboat, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeating soundly |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, bear down, beat, blot out, blow away, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, force down, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quelch, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck |
Antonyms: |
lose, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | dumbfound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, confuse |
Synonyms: |
amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, explicate, lay out |
| Main Entry: | flabbergast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
Synonyms: |
abash, amaze, astonish, astound, blow away, bowl over, confound, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, make speechless, nonplus, overcome, overwhelm, put away, shock, stagger, stun, throw, throw for a loop |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
Synonyms: |
affect, arouse, awe, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, bulldoze, carry, electrify, enforce, enthuse, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand, inspire, kill*, knock out, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, move, overawe, pique, provoke, push around, register, score, show off, slay, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch* |
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
Synonyms: |
assassinate, blow away, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do away with, do in, do in, dust, dust*, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, stretch out, waste, wax, whack, zap |
Antonyms: |
bear, create |
| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
Synonyms: |
bear down, beat down, blank, blow away, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub, immobilize, knock out, lay one out, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away, quell, reduce, roll over, rout, shellack, shut off, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, take care of, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax, whelm |
Antonyms: |
surrender, yield |