| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue activity |
Synonyms: |
achieve, endure, hang on, keep going, last, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist, proceed |
Antonyms: |
discontinue, stop |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage operations |
Synonyms: |
administer, conduct, direct, engage in, keep, operate, ordain, run |
Antonyms: |
mismanage |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control emotionally |
Synonyms: |
act up, be indecorous, blunder, cut up, lose it, make a fuss, misbehave, rage, raise Cain |
Antonyms: |
be calm |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | act up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misbehave |
Synonyms: |
act out, carry on, raise hell, rebel, sow one's wild oats |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | container for one's possesions |
Synonyms: |
attaché, backpack, briefcase, carry-on, carryall, case, duffel, gear, handbag, haversack, holdall, kit, knapsack, pack, packet, pocket, pocketbook, poke, pouch, purse, rucksack, sac, sack, saddlebag, satchel, suitcase, tote |
| Main Entry: | baggage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gear |
Synonyms: |
accoutrements, bags, belongings, carry-on, effects, equipment, fortnighter, gear, impedimenta, luggage, overnighter, paraphernalia, parcels, slough, suitcases, things, tote, tote bag, trappings, two-suiter |
| Main Entry: | bear up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
Synonyms: |
carry on, persevere, soldier on, suffer, withstand |
| Main Entry: | cavort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, prance |
Synonyms: |
caper, caracole, carry on*, cut loose, cut up, dance, fool around, frisk, gambol, go places and do things, horse around, horseplay, monkey around, play, revel, rollick, romp, roughhouse, sport |