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| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise youngster |
| Synonyms: | breed, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, form, foster, nourish, nurture, rear, school, support, teach, train, provide for |
| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, mention in conversation |
| Synonyms: | advance, advert, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, raise, refer, submit, tender, ventilate*, allude to, put forward, raise a subject, touch on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint at |
| Synonyms: | advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to |
| Main Entry: | domesticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tame; habituate |
| Synonyms: | accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke, acclimatize, domiciliate, housetrain |
| Main Entry: | dredge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deepen |
| Synonyms: | bring up, clean, raise, unearth, widen, dig up |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest; indicate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, adumbrate, advise, allude to, angle, apprise, bring up, broach, coax, connote, cue, drop, expose, fish*, foreshadow, give an inkling, impart, imply, infer, inform, insinuate, intimate, jog memory, leak*, let it be known, let out of bag, make*, mention, point, prefigure, press, prompt, put flea in ear, recall, refer to, remind, say in passing, shadow, signify, solicit, spring, tip off, tip one's hand, touch on*, whisper, wink* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, bring up, broach, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, allude to, call attention to, hint at, make known, point to, speak about, speak of, touch on |
| Main Entry: | nurture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feed, care for |
| Synonyms: | back, bolster, bring up, cherish, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, foster, instruct, nourish, nurse, provide, raise, rear, school, support, sustain, tend, train, uphold, nursle |
| Antonyms: | deprive, ignore, neglect, starve |
| Main Entry: | point out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call attention to |
| Synonyms: | advert, allude, bring up, denote, designate, identify, indicate, mention, refer, remind, reveal, show, specify |
| Antonyms: | distract |
| Main Entry: | prompt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, cue |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, cause, convince, draw, egg on*, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, goad, help, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, spur, stimulate, suggest, urge, call forth, give rise to, help out, sic, talk into, win over |
| Antonyms: | halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pull up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, halt |
| Synonyms: | arrive, brake, bring up, draw up, pause, come to a halt, come to a stop, fetch up, get there, haul up, reach a standstill |
| Antonyms: | continue, go |
| Main Entry: | spew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spit out |
| Synonyms: | belch, bring up, cascade, disgorge, eject, erupt, expel, flood, gush, heave, puke*, regurgitate, scatter, spit, spread, throw up, vomit, eruct, irrupt, spit up, spritz, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | throw out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comment |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, bring up, come out with, declare, deliver, produce, reveal, say, state, suggest, tell, utter, bring forward, chime in* |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trot out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring forward |
| Synonyms: | brandish, bring up, come out with, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, parade, recite, rehearse, reiterate, relate, repeat, represent, show, show off, drag up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | uplift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate, inspire |
| Synonyms: | boost, brighten, bring up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, improve, perk up*, lift up, raise spirits |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ventilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | air out; make known |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, bring up, broach, broadcast, circulate, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, examine, express, free, give, go into, introduce, moot, publish, put, scrutinize, sift, state, take up, vent, verbalize, bring into the open, talk about, talk of, talk over, thresh out |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | vomit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgorge |
| Synonyms: | bring up*, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, puke*, regurgitate, ruminate, spew, throw up, be seasick, be sick, dry heave, retch, spit up, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up a topic |
| Synonyms: | advance, approach, bring up, interject, interpose, introduce, mention, moot, move, offer, propose, submit, suggest, ventilate*, hint at, open up, raise subject, speak of, talk of, touch on |
| Antonyms: | not mention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | introduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; present |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, air, announce, bring out, bring up, broach, come out with, familiarize, fix up, get together, harbinger*, herald, moot, offer, open, originate, precede, preface, propose, recommend, submit, suggest, usher, ventilate, do the honors, get things rolling, give introduction, kick off, knock down, lead into, lead off, open up, pave the way, put forward, set forth, spring with, start ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | close, end, finish, 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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