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grease - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | grease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fat |
| Synonyms: | lard, lubricant, oil, tallow, animal oil, drippings, unctiousness, unctuosity, vegetable oil |
| Main Entry: | grease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
| Synonyms: | buy off, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, influence, oil someone's palm, pay off, take care of, tamper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bless, usually with oil or water |
| Synonyms: | bless, consecrate, daub, grease, hallow, rub, sanctify, smear, embrocate |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | bait, blackmail, compensation, contract, enticement, envelope*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, take, allurement, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, feedbag, influence peddling, sweetener, sweetening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explosive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that blows up |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, bomb, booby trap*, charge, dynamite, fireworks, grease*, grenade, mine, missile, powder, shell, shot, TNT, detonator, gunpowder, mulligan, munition, nitroglycerin, pineapple, propellant, soup* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overweight, adipose tissue |
| Synonyms: | blubber, bulk, corpulence, excess, fatness, flesh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overflow, paunch, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, tallow, cellulite, flab, suet |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leverage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, ascendancy, authority, bargaining chip, break, clout, drag, edge, grease*, power, pull, rank, weight, jump on, ropes, suction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lubricant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lubricator |
| Synonyms: | coating, grease, oil, wax, WD40TM, silicone |
| Main Entry: | lubricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make slippery |
| Synonyms: | anoint, cream, grease, lard, make, oil, slick, smear, smooth, tallow, wax, lube, oil the wheels |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | oil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lubricate |
| Synonyms: | anoint, coat, grease, lard, slick, smear, lube, pomade |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | pacify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peaceful; appease |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, assuage, bury the hatchet*, butter up*, calm, chasten, compose, con, conciliate, cool, fix up, grease*, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, placate, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiet, relieve, repress, silence, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, still, stroke, subdue, sweeten*, tame, temper, tranquilize, dulcify, kiss and make up, lay back, make peace, pacificate, put the lid on, smooth over, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, expiate, fix, grease*, indemnify, offset, pay, propitiate, put out*, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, square*, ante up, atone for, comp, cough up, countervail, do business, give satisfaction, make amends, make good, make up for, overcompensate, pay for, spring for, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment, prize |
| Synonyms: | accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, fringe benefit, gain, garland, gravy*, grease*, honor, just deserts*, merit, plum*, premium, profit, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, tip, wages, carrot*, feather in cap, goodies, guerdon, meed, perks, strokes, sweetener |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
| Antonyms: | penalty, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sludge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mud |
| Synonyms: | goo*, grease, mire, muck, oil, ooze, scum, sediment, silt, slime, slop, glop, goop, gunk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bump off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intentionally murder someone |
| Synonyms: | chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, off, polish off, rub out, snuff, snuff out, waste, wax, whack, wipe out, zap, blot out, blow away, deep-six, stretch out |
| Main Entry: | rub out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
| Synonyms: | bump off, chill, dispatch, do away with, do in, dust, erase, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, nuke, off, snuff, snuff out, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, deep-six, stretch out, take care of |
| Main Entry: | snuff out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, knock off, murder, off, rub out, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moisten during cooking |
| Synonyms: | drip, grease, lard, season, brush with liquid |
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