| Main Entry: | cram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill to overflowing; compress |
Synonyms: |
charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam-pack, load, overcrowd, overeat, overfill, pack, pack 'em in, pack in, pack it in, pack like sardines, press, ram, sardine, satiate, shove, slop, slosh, squash, squeeze, stive, stuff, tamp, thrust, wedge, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
let out, open, release |
| Main Entry: | cram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | study intensely |
Synonyms: |
burn midnight oil, heavy booking, hit the books, megabook, mug up, read, review, revise |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat very fast |
Synonyms: |
consume, cram, devour, englut, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, inhale, scarf, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow whole, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
dawdle |
| Main Entry: | brush up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve condition |
Synonyms: |
clean up, cram, go over, look over, polish up, read up, refresh one's memory, refurbish, relearn, renovate, reread, retouch, review, revise, study, touch up |
Antonyms: |
forget |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather in group |
Synonyms: |
assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram, crowd, flock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack |
Antonyms: |
disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load, tax |
Synonyms: |
afflict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, cumber, encumber, entrust, fill, heap, impregnate, instill, lade, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, transfuse, weigh |
| Main Entry: | coach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct, usually in recreation |
Synonyms: |
break in, cram, drill, educate, hone, lay it out for, lick into shape, prepare, pull one's coat, put through the grind, put through the mill, ready, school, teach, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
accept, learn, listen |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make condensed |
Synonyms: |
combine, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, cram, integrate, pack, set, solidify, stuff, unify, unite |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, loosen, slacken, thin, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, boil down, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, densen, densify, epitomize, force into space, make brief, narrow, pack, press, press together, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, syncopate, telescope, tighten, wedge, wrap |
Antonyms: |
blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | devour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow, consume |
Synonyms: |
absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down, chow down, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, ingest, inhale, partake of, pig out, polish off, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, scarf down, spend, stuff, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf down, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
abstain, pick |