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| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short |
| Synonyms: | bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snip, trim, truncate, skive |
| Antonyms: | lengthen |
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch |
| Synonyms: | blow, box, clout, cuff, knock, punch, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brooch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ornamental pin |
| Synonyms: | clip, cluster, jewelry, bar pin, breastpin |
| Main Entry: | buckle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fastener with long pin |
| Synonyms: | catch, clamp, clasp, clip, fastening, harness, hasp, fibula |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
| Synonyms: | break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick |
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
| Synonyms: | cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack, axe, hackle |
| Main Entry: | clasp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fastener; hold on something |
| Synonyms: | brooch, buckle, catch, clamp, clench, clinch, clip, clutch, embrace, fastening, grapple, grasp, grip, hasp, hold, hook, hug, pin, snap, fibula, safety pin |
| Main Entry: | clasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab tightly |
| Synonyms: | attack, bear hug, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take, coll, concatenate, glom onto |
| Antonyms: | loose, let go |
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | crop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, trim off |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, curtail, detach, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snip, top, truncate, detruncate, pollard, skive |
| Main Entry: | cuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beating with hands |
| Synonyms: | belt, box, buffet, chop, clip, clout, hit, knock, poke, punch, rap, slap, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack, biff |
| Main Entry: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, reduce, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, boil down, get to meat, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, roll back |
| Antonyms: | extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | cut short |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop earlier than intended |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abort, abridge, break off, check, checkmate, clip, curtail, diminish, end, finish, freeze, halt, hinder, intercept, interrupt, postpone, quit, shorten, stop, terminate, break short, bring to an end; leave unfinished, put a stop to, stop cold, stop dead, stop short |
| Antonyms: | continue, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick, victimize, beat out of, buffalo, cross up, impose upon, lead on, play joke on, pull fast one, suck in, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defraud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, bilk |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on, do out of*, dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam, foil, hoax, jive*, milk*, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one, rip off*, rob, shaft*, shuck*, stick*, sucker into, swindle, take in*, take to the cleaner's, take*, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | contribute, help, repay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat; blackmail |
| Synonyms: | bleed*, bully, clip, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, evince, exact, extract, fleece, force, get, gouge, hold up*, ice*, make pay through nose, milk*, obtain, pinch, pull one's leg, put screws to, put the arm on, secure, shake down*, skin*, soak, squeeze, stick, sting, wrench, wrest, wring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fleece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, steal |
| Synonyms: | bleed*, burn*, cheat*, clip*, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, flimflam*, gouge, hustle, milk*, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rifle, rip off*, rob, rook*, shaft*, strip, swindle, jerk around, rope in, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, take for a ride, take to the cleaners |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way an animal or person moves, walks |
| Synonyms: | amble, bearing, canter, carriage, clip, gallop, get along, lick, march, motion, movement, pace, run, speed, step, stride, tread, trot, walk |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip*, cover ground*, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get the lead out*, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, skip, sprint, spurt, step up*, tear, trot, urge, get cracking, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, shake a leg, step on it, take wing, waste no time, whip around |
| Antonyms: | lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry, go slow |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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