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chases - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pursuit |
| Synonyms: | hunt, hunting, quest, race, venery |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat |
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run after, pursue |
| Synonyms: | charge, course, drive, expel, follow, hound, hunt, run down, rush, seek, speed, tear, track, trail, bird-dog, chivy, drive away, go after, shag, take off after, track down |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge money for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | bone, chase, debit, figure, invoice, reckon, record, render, solicit, draw upon, dun, put the arm on, put the bite on, put the squeeze on |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck*, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, eighty-six*, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt*, sack*, shove, terminate, throw out, dropkick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way, fluting, raceway, tideway |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, bolt, buck, chase, dash, invade, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear, blindside, bushwhack, jump on |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | chimney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smokestack for building |
| Synonyms: | chase, fireplace, flue, funnel, furnace, hearth, pipe, stack, vent, chimney pot, chimney stack, smokeshaft, ventilator |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow; run |
| Synonyms: | career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble |
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn over, pay attention to |
| Synonyms: | allure, ask in marriage, attract, beseech, bid, bootlick, captivate, charm, chase, cultivate, curry favor, date, entice, entreat, flatter, follow, gallant, go out with, go steady, go together, go with, grovel, importune, invite, keep company with, make love to, make overture, make time with, pander to, pay addresses to, pay court to, please, pop the question*, praise, propose, pursue, run after*, seek, seek the hand of, serenade, set one's cap, solicit, spark, spoon, sue, sweetheart, take out, woo |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run very fast for short distance |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, bound, career, charge, chase, course, dart, fly, gallop, haste, hasten, hurry, lash, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, tear, get on it, make a run for it, make it snappy, rush at |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
| Synonyms: | abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, eject, expel, kick out*, outlaw, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send packing*, shed, supersede, turn out, cast out*, drive out, force out, have done with, let go, let out, lock out, push aside, push back, send off, show out, slough off, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gulley |
| Synonyms: | canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | dragnet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manhunt |
| Synonyms: | all points bulletin, chase, pursuit, search |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move or urge on |
| Synonyms: | actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze*, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on*, encourage, force, goad, harass, hasten, herd, hound*, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, railroad*, ride herd on*, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spur, stimulate, worry, act upon, goose*, lean on, put up to, spirit up, steamroll, work on |
| Antonyms: | check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engrave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve letters or designs into |
| Synonyms: | bite, burn, chase, chisel, cut, embed, etch, fix, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, lodge, ornament, print, scratch, stipple, crosshatch, diaper, enchase, infix, intaglio, lithograph, mezzotint |
| Main Entry: | evict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out from residence |
| Synonyms: | bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, kick out*, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing*, shut out, turn out, boot out, force out, heave-ho, show out, show the door, toss out on ear |
| Antonyms: | admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out, banish |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball*, bust, chase, deport, discharge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, fire, kick out, oust, proscribe, send packing*, suspend, turn out, cast out, drum out, expulse, give the boot, give the hook, give walking papers, show the door, throw out on ear |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, permit, take in, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extrude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force out |
| Synonyms: | boot*, chase, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, kick out, press, project, squeeze*, throw out, thrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light*, chase, determine, disclose, discover, elicit, extract, follow, get at*, hunt, learn, penetrate, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, seek, trace, trail, uncover, unearth, be on to, chase down, dig out, dig up, dig up, drive out, hunt down, nose out*, pick up on, root out, root out*, scout out, search out, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, track down, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of |
| Synonyms: | chase, come from, displace, ensue, pursue, replace, result, succeed, supersede, supplant, be subsequent to, come after, come next, go after, go next, postdate, proceed from, spring from, supervene |
| Notes: | follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal |
| Antonyms: | neglect, pass over, shun, slight |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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