| Main Entry: | intrude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trespass, interrupt |
Synonyms: |
barge in, bother, butt in, chisel in, cut in, disturb, encroach, entrench, go beyond, hold up, horn in, infringe, insinuate, intercalate, interfere, interject, interlope, intermeddle, interpolate, interpose, introduce, invade, meddle, obtrude, overstep, pester, push in, thrust, violate |
Antonyms: |
leave, leave alone, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | barge in/barge into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge |
Synonyms: |
break in, burst in, collide, infringe, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, push, shove, stumble |
Antonyms: |
wait |
| Main Entry: | butt in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle |
Synonyms: |
barge in, bother, burst in, charge in, chisel in, cut in, disturb, get into the act, interject, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, pester, poke one's face in, pry, put one's two cents in |
| Main Entry: | come in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enter place |
Synonyms: |
alight, appear, arrive, cross threshold, disembark, finish, immigrate, intrude, land, pass in, reach, set foot in, show up |
Antonyms: |
depart, exit, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | contravene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go against, contradict |
Synonyms: |
abjure, breach, break, combat, conflict with, counteract, cross, defy, disaffirm, disobey, encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infract, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate |
Antonyms: |
agree, aid, allow, approve, assent, assist, concur, consent, endorse, help, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | cut in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interrupt |
Synonyms: |
break in, butt in, chisel in, horn in, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude, move in, obtrude |
Antonyms: |
allow |
| Main Entry: | cut off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent; interrupt |
Synonyms: |
block, break in, bring to end, catch, close off, disconnect, discontinue, halt, insulate, intercept, intersect, intervene, intrude, isolate, obstruct, renounce, segregate, separate, sequester, suspend |
Antonyms: |
allow, encourage, permit |
| Main Entry: | disrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, interrupt |
Synonyms: |
breach, break into, break up, fracture, hole, interfere with, intrude, obstruct, open, rupture, unsettle, upset |
| Main Entry: | disturb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, upset |
Synonyms: |
afflict, agitate, ail, alarm, amaze, annoy, arouse, astound, badger, burn up, complicate, confound, confuse, depress, discompose, dishearten, disrupt, distract, distress, excite, fluster, frighten, gall, grieve, harass, interfere, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, make uneasy, molest, muddle, outrage, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, puzzle, rattle, rouse, ruffle, shake, shake up, startle, tire, trouble, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, vex, worry |
Antonyms: |
appease, calm, comfort, pacify, quiet, reassure, soothe |