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Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hire for job, use

Synonyms:

appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board, charter, come on board, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with

Antonyms:

banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, fire, let go, oust, release
Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: occupy oneself; engross

Synonyms:

absorb, allure, arrest, bewitch, busy, captivate, catch, charm, draw, embark on, employ, enamor, enchant, enter into, enthrall, fascinate, give a try, give a whirl, go for broke, go in for, go out for, grip*, have a fling at, have a go at, have a shot at, imbue, immerse, interest, involve, join, keep busy, monopolize, partake, participate, pitch in, practice, preengage, preoccupy, set about, soak, tackle*, take part, tie up, try on for size, undertake

Antonyms:

decline, refuse, reject, shun
Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: promise to marry

Synonyms:

affiance, agree, betroth, bind, catch, commit, contract, covenant, give one's word, guarantee, hook, obligate, oblige, pass, pledge, tie, troth, turn on, undertake, vouch, vow

Antonyms:

break off, break up
Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a fight; attack

Synonyms:

assail, assault, combat, do battle with, encounter, face, fall on, give battle to, join battle with, launch, meet, strike, take on

Antonyms:

give up, surrender, yield
Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: interconnect; bring into operation

Synonyms:

activate, apply, attach, dovetail, energize, fasten, get going, interact, interlace, interlock, intermesh, interplay, join, lock, mesh, switch on

Antonyms:

cancel, defuse, disconnect
Main Entry: engaging
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: charming

Synonyms:

agreeable, alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enticing, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, interesting, intriguing, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, siren, sweet, winning, winsome

Antonyms:

boring, repulsive, tiresome, undesirable, unlikeable
Main Entry: absorb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: occupy complete attention

Synonyms:

captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet

Antonyms:

distract
Main Entry: agree
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be in unison, assent with another

Synonyms:

accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, be of the same mind, bury the hatchet, buy into, check, clinch the deal, come to terms, comply, concede, concur, consent, cut a deal, engage, give blessing, give carte blanche, give green light, give the go-ahead, go along with, grant, make a deal, okay, pass on, permit, play ball, recognize, see eye to eye, set, settle, shake on, side with, sign*, subscribe, take one up on, yes*

Antonyms:

contend, contradict, decline, disagree, dispute, dissent, oppose, protest, refuse
Main Entry: amiable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: friendly, agreeable

Synonyms:

affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, cool*, copacetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, home cooking, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy, pleasant, pleasing, princely, pussycat, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, sweet-tempered, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning
Notes: amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign'

Antonyms:

crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly
Main Entry: amusing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: entertaining, funny

Synonyms:

agreeable, boffo, camp, campy, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, for grins, fun, gladdening, gratifying, gut-busting, humorous, interesting, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, screaming, sidesplitting, too funny for words, witty

Antonyms:

annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny
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