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facilitate - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | facilitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assist the progress of |
| Synonyms: | aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, help, promote, simplify, smooth, speed, grease the wheels, hand-carry, make easy, open doors, run interference for, speed up, walk through |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, detain, hinder, prohibit, stop |
| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abet, aid, back, bail out, benefit, boost, collaborate, cooperate, do for*, expedite, facilitate, further, go for, go to bat for*, hype*, plug*, puff*, push*, reinforce, relieve, ride shotgun*, serve, stump*, support, sustain, thump*, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, go down the line for, go with, grease the wheels, lend a hand, make a pitch for, open doors, put on the map, root for, run interference for, stand up for, take care of, work for, work with |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, stop, thwart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow, authorize |
| Synonyms: | accredit, approve, commission, condition, empower, endow, facilitate, fit, implement, invest, let, license, permit, prepare, qualify, ready, sanction, set up, warrant, capacitate, give power, make possible, provide the means |
| Antonyms: | block, disallow, halt, hinder, inhibit, oppose, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | expedite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen faster |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, assist, dispatch, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad*, rush, speed, urge, cut the red tape, fast track, grease wheels, hand-carry, hand-walk, handle personally, run interference, run with the ball, shoot through, speed up, walk it through |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | further |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, lend support |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, back up, bail out*, ballyhoo*, champion, contribute, encourage, engender, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, generate, hasten, help, patronize, plug, promote, propagate, push, serve, speed, succor, give a boost to, go with, lend a hand, open doors, take care of, work for |
| Notes: | farther is generally preferred over further when the context is distance in space or time; use farther when talking about physical distance and use further when talking about abstract ideas or extent/degree |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, curtail, delay, frustrate, halt, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, protest, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make easy, intelligible |
| Synonyms: | abridge, analyze, chasten, clarify, clear up, cut down, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, facilitate, interpret, lay out, order, reduce, shorten, spell out, boil down, break down, break it down, clean it up, clean up, cut the frills, disinvolve, draw a picture, get down to basics, get to the meat, hit the high spots, let daylight in, let sunlight in, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, put in a nutshell, put one straight, streamline, unscramble |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along quickly |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, assist, barrel, belt, bomb, boost, bowl over, career, cover ground*, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, flash, fly, further, gallop, hasten, help, hurry, impel, promote, quicken, race, ride, run, rush, sail, spring, tear, urge, whiz, zoom, cut along, gather momentum, gear up, get a move on, get moving, get under way, go all out, go fast, go like the wind, hightail, lose no time, make haste, open up throttle, press on, step on it |
| Antonyms: | delay, halt, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, help |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, appease, assist, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, cure, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, lift, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, still, tranquilize, anesthetize, attend to, clear the way, disburden, let up on, make easier, open the door, run interference for, speed up, untighten |
| Antonyms: | annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen |
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pamper, reward; help |
| Synonyms: | abet, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, esteem, facilitate, further, gratify, humor, indulge, oblige, promote, spare, spoil, value, be partial to, do a kindness, do right by, make exception, play favorites, pull strings, show consideration, side with, smile upon, treat well |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, thwart |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide, move carefully |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, edge, extricate, facilitate, handle, inch, induce, insert, join, loose, loosen, maneuver, relax, remove, right, slack, slacken, slide, slip, squeeze, steer, set right, untighten |
| Antonyms: | vex, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, better, cure, doctor, ease, facilitate, heal, meliorate, mitigate, nourish, palliate, relieve, remedy, restore, revive, treat |
| Antonyms: | decrease, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, worsen |
| Main Entry: | lighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce weight, load |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, attenuate, buoy, change, comfort, cut down, decrease, dilute, disencumber, ease, empty, eradicate, extenuate, facilitate, free, jettison, lessen, levitate, mitigate, mollify, put off, reduce, relieve, remove, shift, take, thin, throw out, unburden, unload, disburden, make less, make lighter, pour out, take a load off, uplight, upraise |
| Antonyms: | burden, weigh down |
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peace |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, cool*, ease, extenuate, facilitate, iron out, mellow, mitigate, mollify, palliate, pat, soften, stroke, pave the way, take the edge off, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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