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| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Notes: | choose means to pick out or select from a number of alternatives, while chose is the past tense of choose |
| Main Entry: | covet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | begrudge, choose, crave, envy, fancy, want, wish for, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, give, be generous, not want |
| Main Entry: | decide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a determination; settle an issue |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, agree, award, choose, cinch, clinch, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, elect, end, establish, figure, gather, guess, judge, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, tap, vote, will, arrive at conclusion, call shots, cast the die, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, draw a conclusion, fix upon, form opinion, go down line, have final word, make a decision, make up mind, reach decision, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait |
| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a part from a whole |
| Synonyms: | choose, cite, cull, extract, glean, note, pick, quote, select, pick out, single out |
| Antonyms: | insert |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, check, check out, choose, compute, demarcate, determine, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, mark, mete, peg*, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, time, value, weigh, calibrate, caliper, delimit, dope out*, gradate, look over, mark out, pace off, size up, take account |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, select |
| Synonyms: | appoint, assign, call, choose, commission, decide, draft, elect, elevate, empower, intend, make, mean, name, offer, present, proffer, propose, purpose, put up, recommend, slate, slot, specify, submit, suggest, tab, tap, tender, term, cognominate, denominate, put down for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, pass over |
| Main Entry: | prefer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | favor; single out |
| Synonyms: | adopt, advance, aggrandize, choose, cull, desire, elect, elevate, fancy, finger, go for, incline, mark, pick, place, pose, present, promote, proposition, put, raise, select, suggest, tag, take, tap, upgrade, wish, be partial to, be turned on to, fix upon, like better, opt for, optate, propone, propound, put forward, would rather, would sooner |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, reject, spurn |
| Main Entry: | prescribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stipulate action to be taken |
| Synonyms: | appoint, assign, choose, command, decide, decree, define, designate, determine, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, fix, guide, impose, ordain, order, require, rule, select, set, settle, specify, lay down, pick out, write prescription |
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up one's mind; find solution |
| Synonyms: | agree, analyze, answer, break, choose, clear up, clinch*, conclude, decide, decipher, decree, design, determine, dissect, dissolve, elect, elucidate, fathom, figure, fix, intend, iron out*, lick, pan out*, propose, purpose, rule, settle, solve, undertake, unfold, unravel, untangle, unzip, will, work, work out, anatomize, break down, deal with, make a point of, pass upon, puzzle out, remain firm, take a stand, work through |
| Antonyms: | mull, question, waver, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | segregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discriminate and separate |
| Synonyms: | choose, cut off, disconnect, dissociate, divide, insulate, island, isolate, quarantine, select, sequester, sever, split up, close off, set apart, single out |
| Antonyms: | combine, desegregate, gather, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | select |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick out, prefer from among choices |
| Synonyms: | choose, cull, decide, elect, make, mark, name, opt, peg*, pick, slot*, tab*, tag*, take, tap*, winnow, make a choice, make a selection, opt for, optate, pin down, say so, single out, sort out |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in order |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assort, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, comb, cull, distribute, divide, file, grade, group, order, peg, pick, pigeonhole*, rank, riddle, screen, select, separate, sift, systematize, tab, winnow, button down, put down as, put down for, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, size up, typecast |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide on representation |
| Synonyms: | ballot, choose, confer, declare, determine, effect, elect, enact, enfranchise, establish, grant, judge, opt, pronounce, propose, recommend, return, second, suggest, cast ballot, cast vote, go to the polls, put in office |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | wish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | aspire, beg, choose, command, covet, crave, desiderate, elect, entreat, envy, expect, fancy, hanker*, hope, hunger, invoke, itch, like, long, look forward to, need, order, please, pray for, prefer, request, set one's heart on, sigh for, solicit, spoil for, thirst, want, will, yearn, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility; decide |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, finger, fix, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap |
| Antonyms: | dismiss, fire, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | cull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick out for reason |
| Synonyms: | choose, discriminate, elect, extract, glean, mark, pluck, prefer, select, sift, take, thin, winnow, opt for, optate, single out, thin out |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give authority; empower |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, authorize, cast, charge, choose, commission, constitute, deputize, designate, elect, invest, license, mandate, name, nominate, ordain, select, warrant, depute, give nod, place trust in, swear in |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want, long for |
| Synonyms: | aim, choose, covet, crave, enjoy, fall for*, fancy, go for*, like, pine, thirst, wish for, aspire to, be smitten, be turned on by, cotton to, desiderate, die over, give eyeteeth for, hanker after, have eyes for, have the hots for, hunger for, lust after, make advances to, partial to, set heart on, spoil for, sweet on, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to*, yearn for |
| Antonyms: | not want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come or bring together |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, capture, choose, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, flock, garner, get together, group, hang around*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pluck, poke*, punch*, rally, reunite, round up*, show up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite, bunch up, close with, draw in, forgather, gang up, hang out*, make the scene, pile up, pour in, scare up, scrape together, stack up |
| Antonyms: | allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
* = 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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