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| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform an action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, enact, execute, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak, effectuate, go for broke, go in for, go out for |
| Antonyms: | cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, invest, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, relegate, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, vest, confer trust, depend upon, depute, give to do, grant authority, intrust, leave to, make responsible for, put in the hands of, rely upon, turn over to |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | bequeath |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in a will |
| Synonyms: | bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, impart, leave, legate, transmit, will, hand on, leave to, pass on |
| Antonyms: | take |
| Main Entry: | bestow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, allot |
| Synonyms: | accord, apportion, award, bequeath, come through, commit, confer, devote, donate, entrust, favor, gift, give away, grant, hand out, impart, kick in, lavish, offer, present, put out, honor with, render to |
| Antonyms: | deprive, refuse, take |
| Main Entry: | betroth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
| Synonyms: | affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one's hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow |
| Antonyms: | divorce, leave, separate |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, consign, constitute, contract, crown, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send, confide to, depute |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | consign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust, hand over for care |
| Synonyms: | address, appoint, assign, authorize, commission, commit, confide, convey, delegate, deliver, dispatch, forward, give, issue, relegate, remit, route, send, ship, transfer, transmit, turn over, commend to, deposit with, put in charge of |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, receive, retain |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, park, place, plant*, plunk*, precipitate, repose, rest, salt away*, save, settle, squirrel away*, store, stow, transfer, treasure, give in trust, lay away, plop, plunk down, put aside, put by, sit down, sock away, stash, stock up |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give custody, authority to |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, assign, authorize, bank, charge, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, count, delegate, deliver, depend, hand over, impose, invest, reckon, relegate, rely, trust, turn over, bend an ear, deposit with, leave with |
| Main Entry: | hand over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back; release |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield, fork out*, fork up, give up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imprison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine; put in jail |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bottle up*, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, hold, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, limit, nab*, occlude, pen, put away, restrain, stockade, trammel, bastille, fence in, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, keep captive, keep in custody, lock in, lock up, put behind bars, rail in, remand, send to prison, send up*, shut in, take prisoner |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incarcerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jail, confinement |
| Synonyms: | book*, cage*, commit, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, intern, jail, put away, railroad*, restrain, restrict, settle, bastille, coop up, lock up, put on ice, put under lock and key, send up the river, slough, take away, throw book at |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | involve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up*, necessitate, number, presuppose, prove, relate, require, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, point to, preoccupy, rivet, rope in, snarl up, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kick in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute |
| Synonyms: | chip in, commit, dish out*, dole out*, donate, furnish, give, hand out, hand over, pitch in*, provide, ante up, fork over, pony up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perpetrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be responsible for |
| Synonyms: | act, bring about, carry out, commit, do, effect, enact, execute, inflict, perform, pull, wreak, up and do |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | purpose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intend, set sights on |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire, bid for, commit, conclude, consider, contemplate, decide, design, determine, have a mind to, have in view, make up one's mind, mean, meditate, mind, plan, ponder, propose, pursue, resolve, think to, work for, work toward |
| Main Entry: | rely |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have confidence in |
| Synonyms: | await, bank, bet, build, calculate, commit, confide, count, depend, entrust, expect, hope, lean, look, reckon, swear by*, trust, be confident of, be sure of, believe in, bet bottom dollar on, gamble on, have faith in, lay money on, ride on coattails |
| Notes: | depend is invoked when the expectation is that the person will provide something that need not involved physical activity, whereas rely is used when the person is needed to physically do something |
| Antonyms: | distrust, doubt, be independent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up; resign |
| Synonyms: | abandon, capitulate, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle*, eat crow*, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle under*, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, submit, succumb, waive, yield, buckle under, cave in*, deliver up, eat humble pie, go along with, knuckle, let go, pack it in, part with, play dead, put up white flag, roll over, throw in the towel, toss it in |
| Antonyms: | conquer, fight, surpass, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undertake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt, engage in |
| Synonyms: | agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, go about, go for, go into, guarantee, hazard, initiate, launch, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, try, venture, volunteer, address oneself, commit oneself, fall into, go in for, have a hand in, have a try, make a run at, set about, set in motion, set out, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try out |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forego, forget |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
| Synonyms: | address, author, autograph, commit, communicate, compose, copy, correspond, create, draft, draw up*, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, inscribe, knock off*, knock out*, letter, note, pen, print, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, bang out, chalk*, comp, dash off, drop a line, drop a note, ink, jot down, note down, pencil, push a pencil, put in writing, scriven, set down, set forth, typewrite, write down, write up |
| Antonyms: | read |
* = 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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