| Main Entry: | go on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue |
Synonyms: |
act, advance, bear, behave, carry on, come about, comport, conduct, deport, endure, execute, go ahead, hang on, happen, hold on, keep on, last, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, ramble, stay, take place |
Antonyms: |
cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain by playing a role |
Synonyms: |
be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
Synonyms: |
blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak, yakkety yak |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
Synonyms: |
abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | blab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth, run on, shoot the breeze, spill the beans, spill*, squeal, talk through one's hat, tattle, tell, tell on, yak, yakkety-yak |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, shut up |
| Main Entry: | chat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk, gossip |
Synonyms: |
babble, blab, burble, cackle, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, converse, gab, go on, jaw, prate, prattle*, run on, shoot the breeze, yap |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | chatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak fast and non-stop |
Synonyms: |
babble, blab, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gas*, gibber, go on and on, gossip, jabber, jaw, natter, palaver, prate, prattle*, tattle, twaddle, twiddle, yak |
Antonyms: |
drawl |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comport oneself |
Synonyms: |
acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, demean, deport, go on, quit |
| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persist, carry on |
Synonyms: |
abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it, go on, hang in, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin', keep the ball rolling, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain, make headway, move ahead, never cease, outlast, outlive, perdure, persevere, persist in, press on, progress, project, prolong, promote, pursue, push on, reach, remain, rest, ride, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick at, stick to, survive, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
cease, complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave |
Synonyms: |
acquit oneself, appear, bear, carry, come on like, comport, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out, manage, muddle through, operate, perform, personate, play, playact, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, render the role, seem, stagger along |