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| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine in contrast |
| Synonyms: | analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, inspect, juxtapose, match, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, study, touch, weigh, hold a candle to, match up, place in juxtaposition, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against, weigh against another |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liken, equate |
| Synonyms: | approach, assimilate, balance, come up to, connect, correlate, equal, equate, identify with, link, match, parallel, relate, resemble, standardize, tie up, vie, allegorize, approximate to, be in the same class as, be on a par with, bear comparison, bring near, compete with, distinguish between, draw parallel, hold a candle to, make like, notice similarities, put alongside, show correspondence, stack up with |
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, be like, be similar to, come near, lie near, lie next to, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | collate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sort collection |
| Synonyms: | adduce, assemble, bracket, collect, compare, compose, contrast, examine, gather, group, match, order, relate, verify, analogize |
| Main Entry: | equal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even, be even with |
| Synonyms: | agree, amount to, approach, balance, break even, come up to, compare, comprise, consist of, coordinate, correspond, emulate, equalize, equate, level, match, meet, parallel, reach, rival, tally, tie, touch, be commensurate, be identical, be level, be tantamount, equipoise, equiponderate, keep pace with, live up to, measure up, partake of, rank with, rise to, run abreast, square with |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, vary, unmatch |
| Main Entry: | equalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make the same; balance |
| Synonyms: | adjust, compare, coordinate, emulate, equal, equate, establish, even, handicap, level, match, parallel, rival, smooth, socialize, square, standardize, trim, commeasure, communize, democratize, even up, regularize |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, vary, unmatch |
| Main Entry: | equate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance; think of together |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, associate, average, compare, consider, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, square, tally, treat, be commensurate, correspond to, correspond with, make equal, similize |
| Antonyms: | disagree, imbalance, unliken |
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be alike |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, collocate, compare, complement, conform, copy, correlate, correspond, equal, equate, imitate, liken, match, paragon, collimate, keep pace, parallelize |
| Antonyms: | differ, distort, diverge, separate, skew |
| Main Entry: | revise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, edit |
| Synonyms: | alter, amend, change, compare, cut, debug, develop, emend, go over, improve, launder, modify, overhaul, perfect, polish, reconsider, redo, reexamine, rehash, reorganize, revamp, review, rework, rewrite, run through, scan, scrub, scrutinize, study, tighten, update, upgrade, blue-pencil*, clean up, look over, recalibrate, recast, redraft, redraw, restyle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspect, examine |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, audit, candle, case, compare, confirm, correct, count, find out, frisk, go through, investigate, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scrutinize, study, tell, test, try, verify, balance account, enquire about, eyeball, keep account, look at, look over, look see, make sure, scout out, take stock |
| Main Entry: | correspond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree, complement |
| Synonyms: | accord, amount, approach, assimilate, coincide, compare, conform, correlate, dovetail, equal, fit, harmonize, match, reciprocate, resemble, rival, square, tally, touch, be consistent, be identical to, be similar to, lip sync, partake of |
| Antonyms: | differ, disagree |
| Main Entry: | discriminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | differentiate, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | assess, collate, compare, contradistinguish, contrast, difference, discern, discrepate, evaluate, extricate, judge, know, know what's what, make out*, note, perceive, remark, segregate, separate, sever, severalize, sift, specify, split hairs*, tell apart, tell the difference |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mix up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correlate, pertain |
| Synonyms: | affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, bracket, combine, compare, concern, connect, coordinate, couple, credit, identify with, impute, join, link, orient, pertain, refer, touch, unite, yoke, be joined with, be relevant to, bear upon, conjoin, consociate, correspond to, have reference to, have to do with, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, orientate, tie in with |
| Antonyms: | dissociate |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure |
| Synonyms: | adjust, balance, compare, compute, estimate, gauge, graduate, proportion, prorate, regulate, size, calibrate |
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine, analyze |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, canvass, case, check out, compare, deliberate, figure, inspect, investigate, look into, peruse, read, research, scope, scrutinize, survey, view, check over, check up, do research, give the eagle eye, keep tabs, sort out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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