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| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
| Synonyms: | battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it*, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out*, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, defy, dispute, duel, engage, fight, oppose, repel, resist, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand, cross swords with, do battle with, go up against, put up a fight, shoot it out |
| Antonyms: | agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
| Main Entry: | countenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approve, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, accept, advocate, aid, applaud, back, bear with, champion, commend, condone, confirm, cope, encourage, endorse, favor, go for, handle, help, invite, okay*, sanction, stand for, swallow*, thumbs up*, uphold, approbate, get behind, give green light, give stamp of approval, give the nod, go along with, grin and bear it, hold with, live with, nod at, put John Hancock on, put up with, sign off on, sit still for, smile on*, stomach something |
| Antonyms: | deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, fight, oppose, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, survive |
| Synonyms: | contrive, cope, do, exist, fare, flourish, get along, get on, make out, muddle through*, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive, do well enough, make ends meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grapple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle, deal with, do battle |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vertex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, cap, cope, crest, crown, culmination, extremity, height, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, zenith, fastigium, upper extremity |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | withstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | brace, brave, buck, combat, confront, contest, cope, cross, defy, dispute, duel, face, fight, fly in the face of, grapple with, hang on*, hang tough*, hold off*, hold one's ground, hold out*, oppose, prevail against, put up struggle, put up with, remain firm, repel, resist, ride out*, sit and take it, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand up against, stand up to, stick fast, stick*, suffer, take, take it*, take on, thwart, tolerate, traverse, violate, weather, win out |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it*, go for jugular, grapple, have at*, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns*, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, defy someone |
| Synonyms: | beard, brave, bully, call one's bluff, confront, cope, denounce, disregard, face, face off, front, goad, insult, knock chip off shoulder, laugh at, make my day, meet, mock, muster courage, oppose, outdare, provoke, resist, run the gauntlet, scorn, spurn, square off, step over the line, take one on, taunt, threaten, throw down gauntlet |
| Main Entry: | get along |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make progress |
| Synonyms: | cope, develop, do, fare, flourish, get by*, get on*, make out, manage, muddle through*, prosper, shift, succeed, thrive |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top of something |
| Synonyms: | alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex, aiguille |
| Notes: | peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate' |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | labor, work |
| Synonyms: | assay, attempt, bend over backwards*, break one's back, break one's neck, cope, dig, endeavor, exert oneself, give it one's best shot, give the old college try, go all out, grind, hassle, have one's nose to grindstone, hustle, make every effort, offer, plug, plug away, scratch, seek, slave, strain, strive, sweat, tackle, take a crack, take a stab, take on, toil, try, try one's hardest, undertake, work like a dog |
| Antonyms: | idle, laze, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleeveless coat |
| Synonyms: | cardinal, cloak, cope, mantle, poncho, shawl, wrap, wrapper, Vandyke, bertha, capote, dolman, fichu, gabardine, manteau, mantelletta, mantilla, overdress, paletot, pelerine, pelisse, tabard, talma, tippet, victorine |
| Main Entry: | stand/stand for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear with, brook, cope, countenance, experience, handle, hang on, hold, last, stomach*, submit, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, undergo, wear, weather, withstand, live with, put up with, resign oneself to, stay the course |
| Antonyms: | disobey, forget, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | survive, get by |
| Synonyms: | bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along*, get on*, make out*, muddle, shift, stagger, make do, scrape by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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