| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally take in information |
Synonyms: |
assimilate, comprehend, digest, follow, get, get into, grasp, incorporate, latch onto, learn, sense, soak up, take in, understand |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
Synonyms: |
access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag*, take, take possession of, wangle, win |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
Antonyms: |
fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
Synonyms: |
add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, fix, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, link, make fast, prefix, rivet, secure, slap on, stick, tag on, tie, unite |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, disjoin, remove, separate, sever, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | socially join |
Synonyms: |
accompany, affiliate, associate, become associated with, combine, enlist, join forces with, latch onto, sign on with, sign up with, unite with |
Antonyms: |
disjoin, disunite, divorce |
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | preoccupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | absorb |
Synonyms: |
assimilate, comprehend, consume, digest, engross, follow, get into, get*, grasp, immerse, incorporate, latch onto, learn, monopolize, sense, soak up, take in, understand |
| Main Entry: | subjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach |
Synonyms: |
add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind*, connect, couple, fix*, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, link, make fast, prefix, rivet, secure, slap on, stick*, tag on, tie, unite |