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carrying - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport physical object |
| Synonyms: | backpack*, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, hoist, import, lift, lug*, move, pack, pipe, relay, remove, schlepp*, shift, shoulder*, sustain, take, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft, heft, portage, relocate, tote, traject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; accomplish |
| Synonyms: | affect, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, influence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge, be victorious |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast electronically |
| Synonyms: | air, bear, communicate, conduct, convey, display, disseminate, give, offer, publish, relay, release, send, transfer, transport, pass on |
| Main Entry: | conveyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transport |
| Synonyms: | car, carriage, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transmission, transportation, vehicle, carrying, transference |
| Antonyms: | hold, possession |
| Main Entry: | expecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pregnant |
| Synonyms: | expectant, carrying, in a family way, with child |
| Main Entry: | maintenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetuation, support; sustenance |
| Synonyms: | alimony, allowance, bacon*, bread, bread and butter, care, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, provision, resources, salt*, subsistence, supply, upkeep, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, carrying, prolongation, repairs, retainment, sustaining, sustainment, sustention |
| Antonyms: | desertion, ignorance, neglect, forsaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transportation |
| Synonyms: | alteration, carriage, conveyance, crossing, motion, movement, osmosis, passage, penetration, shift, shipment, transfer, transport, travel, traverse, carrying, infiltration, permeation, portage, transference, transporting |
| Main Entry: | transportation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conveyance |
| Synonyms: | moving, passage, shipment, shipping, transit, transport, carrying, conveying, freightage, haulage, hauling, portage |
| Main Entry: | in the family way |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pregnant |
| Synonyms: | expecting, anticipating, carrying, gestating, heavy with child, knocked-up, with child |
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery of freight |
| Synonyms: | conveyance, freight, transit, transport, transportation, carrying, conveying, delivering |
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, business, calling, craft, employ, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, job, line, métier, mission, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, retaining, service, setup, situation, thing*, trade, using, vocation, work, awarding, carrying, commissioning, contracting, engagement in activity application, exercising, hiring, recruitment, servicing, signing on, taking on, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penetrating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stinging, harsh |
| Synonyms: | biting, clear-cut, crisp, cutting, intrusive, pervasive, piercing, pointed, pungent, sharp, shrill, strong, trenchant, carrying, edged, entering, forcing, going through, infiltrating, ingoing, passing through, penetrant, permeating, puncturing |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, transfer |
| Synonyms: | carriage, carrier, conveyance, lift, movement, moving, passage, removal, shipment, shipping, transit, transportation, vehicle, carrying, carting, conveying, conveyor, freightage, hauling, mover, transference, transferring, transporting, transshipment, truckage |
| Antonyms: | idle, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | transmission |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | the act of transporting |
| Synonyms: | communication, conveyance, sending, transportation, carrying, hauling, transference, transmittal, transposal |
| Main Entry: | acquit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave some way |
| Synonyms: | act, bear, carry, conduct, deport, perform, comport |
| Notes: | one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring |
| Synonyms: | buck, carry, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, lug, move, pack, take, transfer, transport, tote |
| Antonyms: | refuse, take, throw away |
| Main Entry: | bolster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold, shore up |
| Antonyms: | hinder, obstruct, prevent, undermine, not support |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel*, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, ride, schlepp*, shoulder, take, transfer, transport, truck, usher, piggyback, take along, tote |
| Antonyms: | drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buttress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support, bolster |
| Synonyms: | back up, beef up*, brace, build up, bulwark, carry, prop, reinforce, shore, step up, strengthen, sustain, uphold, jack up, jazz up |
| Antonyms: | let down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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