| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
Synonyms: |
advance, bring forth, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, stumble upon, submit, uncover |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent, design |
Synonyms: |
come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig, scheme, throw together, trump up, vamp, wangle, whip up |
Antonyms: |
disorganize |
| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, craft, create, design, discover, dope out, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, think up, throw together, trump up, vamp, whip up, work out |
Antonyms: |
borrow |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; discover |
Synonyms: |
bring to light, come across, come up with, delve, dig down, expose, extricate, find, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, search high and low, shake down, sift, turn inside out, turn upside down, uncover, unearth |
| Main Entry: | disburse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend money |
Synonyms: |
acquit, ante up, come across, come through, come up with, contribute, cough up, deal, defray, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divvy, dole out, expend, foot the bill, give, lay out, measure out, outlay, partition, pay out, pony up, put out, shell out, use |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
Antonyms: |
deposit, hoard, hold, retain, save, set aside |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
Synonyms: |
angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, play games, plot, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through, rig, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | hatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, plan |
Synonyms: |
bear, brainstorm*, breed, bring forth, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, dream up, engender, formulate, generate, get up, give birth, incubate, induce, invent, lay eggs, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, spitball, think up, throw together, trump up, whip up, work up |
| Main Entry: | initiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, introduce |
Synonyms: |
admit, begin, break the ice, come out with, come up with, commence, dream up, enter, get ball rolling, get feet wet, get under way, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, intro, invest, kick off, launch, make up, open, originate, pioneer, set in motion, set up, take in, take up, trigger, usher in |
Antonyms: |
close, conclude, end, finish, terminate |
| Main Entry: | institute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; put into operation |
Synonyms: |
appoint, bow, break in, bring into being, come out with, come up with, commence, constitute, create, enact, establish, fix, found, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invest, launch, make up, open, open up, ordain, organize, originate, pioneer, rev, set in motion, set up, settle, start, usher in |
Antonyms: |
cease, halt, prevent, stop |