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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | study intensely |
| Synonyms: | hit the books*, read, review, revise, burn midnight oil, heavy booking, megabook, mug up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| 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, bolt, cram*, delight in, destroy, dispatch, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feed on, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, pig out*, polish off*, ravage, relish, spend, stuff, take, take in, waste, wipe out, wolf*, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt down, chow down, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, feast on, gloat over, hoover, partake of, rejoice in, revel in, scarf down, use up, wolf down |
| Antonyms: | abstain, pick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow or make bigger; nourish |
| Synonyms: | augment, bloat, broaden, build up, cram, distend, expand, feed, fill, increase, plump, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax, coarsen, gain weight, overfeed, put flesh on, put on weight, round out |
| Antonyms: | thin, undernourish |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out*, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, wine and dine*, victual |
| Antonyms: | starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke; oversupply |
| Synonyms: | burden, clog, cloy, cram, deluge, devour, feast, fill, flood, gorge, hog*, inundate, load, overload, overwhelm, pack*, pall, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf*, congest, jade, make a pig of, overfeed, overstock, raven |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gobble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat hurriedly |
| Synonyms: | cram*, devour, gorge, gulp*, guzzle, scarf*, stuff*, swallow, wolf*, ingurgitate, suck up* |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, cloy, cram, devour, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, jam, overeat, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf*, blimp out, congest, eat like a horse, hoover, jade, make a pig of, overindulge |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink down fast |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, booze*, carouse*, cram, devour, gobble*, gorge, gormandize, imbibe, quaff, slop*, slosh*, soak, swig, swill, tipple, englut, ingurgitate, knock back |
| Antonyms: | sip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, increase |
| Synonyms: | aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon*, beef up*, bloat, boost, build up, cram*, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, magnify, pad*, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, widen, flesh out, maximize, overestimate, puff up, pump up, swell up |
| Antonyms: | compress, contract, deflate, shrink, let air out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
| Synonyms: | bear, bind, block, cease, clog, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, throng, wad, wedge, congest, jam-pack, tamp |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | learn; become proficient |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bone up*, comprehend, cram, grasp, grind, hit the books*, learn the ropes*, pick up, study, swamp*, understand, beat the game, beat the system, bury yourself in, excel in, gain mastery, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get the hang of, get the knack of, megastudy |
| Antonyms: | be ignorant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | memorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | cram, know, know by heart, learn, learn by heart, master, nail down, recall, recollect, remind, retain, store, commit to memory, fix in the mind, keep forever |
| Main Entry: | mob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come upon by pushing; surround |
| Synonyms: | attack, cram, crowd, fill, hustle, jam, jostle, overrun, pack, riot, swarm, throng, set upon |
| Antonyms: | avoid, ignore, shun, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get ready; prepare |
| Synonyms: | break in, brief, clue*, coach, cram, excite, fill in, fit, galvanize, groom, inform, motivate, move, notify, provoke, rehearse, stimulate, tell, train, innervate, make ready, prep |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = 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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