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| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | censor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid; ban; selectively remove |
| Synonyms: | abridge, black out*, blacklist, bleach, conceal, control, cork*, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, inspect, launder*, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, squelch, sterilize, strike out, suppress, withhold, bleep, blue-pencil*, bowdlerize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, accumulate |
| Synonyms: | abridge, amass, arrange, assemble, collate, collect, collocate, compose, concentrate, congregate, consolidate, cull, edit, garner, gather, get together, glean, group, marshal, muster, organize, put together, recapitulate, unite, anthologize, bring together, colligate, draw together, heap up |
| Antonyms: | disassemble, disperse, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, précis, precipitate, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, thicken, trim, blue pencil, boil down, decoct, densen, press together, put in a nutshell, summate, synopsize, telescope |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | delete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase, remove |
| Synonyms: | annul, black out, cancel, clean, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out, X-out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil*, clean up, cross out, pass up |
| Antonyms: | add, put in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | efface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase |
| Synonyms: | cancel, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, wipe out, blot out, blue-pencil, cross out, scratch out, white out |
| Main Entry: | emend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct |
| Synonyms: | alter, amend, better, edit, improve, polish, rectify, retouch, revise, right, touch up, emendate, redact |
| Antonyms: | worsen, make mistake |
| Main Entry: | excise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, delete |
| Synonyms: | amputate, black out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off*, launder*, slash, stamp out*, strike, trim, wipe out, X out, blot out*, blue pencil, cross out, exscind, exsect, lop off, resect, scissor out, scratch out |
| Antonyms: | add, put in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | improve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become better |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground*, help, increase, lift, look up*, meliorate, mend, perk up*, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, sharpen, skyrocket*, take off*, touch up*, update, upgrade, come around*, doctor up, make strides, set right, shape up, straighten out*, turn the corner |
| Antonyms: | damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | omit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude, forget |
| Synonyms: | bar, bypass, cancel, count out, cut, cut out, delete, discard, dismiss, disregard, drop, edit, eliminate, evade, except, fail, ignore, knock off, miss, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass by, pass over, preclude, prohibit, reject, repudiate, skip, slight, snip, trim, void, withhold, X-out, blink at, cast aside, leave out, leave undone, let go, let slide, miss out |
| Antonyms: | add, enter, include, inject, insert, remember |
| Main Entry: | program |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan out; supply instructions |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bill, book, budget, calculate, compile, compute, design, draft, edit, engage, enter, estimate, feed, figure, formulate, itemize, lay out, list, poll, process, register, schedule, set, set up, slate, work out, get on line, lay on, line up, map out, pencil in, prearrange, prioritize |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | proofread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copyedit |
| Synonyms: | analyze, check, correct, cut, delete, edit, go over, rearrange, refine, rephrase, revise, strike out, blue-pencil*, remove errors |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, bob, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, minimize, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim, blue pencil, boil down*, cut to the bone, make a long story short, put in a nutshell |
| Antonyms: | amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make diluted or less dense |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, cook, cut, cut back, decrease, delete, diminish, disperse, doctor, edit, expand, extenuate, irrigate, lace*, needle*, prune, reduce, refine, shave, spike, trim, water, water down, weaken, emaciate, rarefy, weed out |
| Antonyms: | beef up, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rewrite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revise |
| Synonyms: | edit, rephrase, reword, rework, recast, redraft |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, abridge, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall off, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, become smaller, draw in, fall away, grow less, syncopate |
| Antonyms: | amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, adjust |
| Synonyms: | alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, cure, debug*, doctor*, edit, emend, fix up, go over, help, improve, launder, mend, pick up, polish, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub*, touch up, upgrade, clean up, clean up act, do over, fiddle with, get with it, make over, make right, make up for, pay dues, put in order, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, turn around |
| Antonyms: | blow, blunder, goof, mistake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut shorter |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, barber, bob, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, lop, mow, pare, plane, prune, shave, shear, shorten, snip, tidy, truncate, blue pencil, boil down*, even up, pare down, put in a nutshell, slice off, whittle down |
| Antonyms: | develop, let grow |
* = 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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