| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect money or advantage |
Synonyms: |
amass, deposit, heap, hill, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, mass, mound, pile, put by, salt away, save, sock away, speculate, squirrel, stash |
Antonyms: |
disburse, spend |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out of one's mind |
Synonyms: |
banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, kiss off, laugh away, lay aside, mock, pooh-pooh, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, set aside, shelve, spurn, taunt, twit |
Antonyms: |
accept, welcome |
| Main Entry: | interrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, interfere |
Synonyms: |
arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, break train of thought, bust in, butt in, check, chime in, come between, crash, crowd in, cut, cut in on, cut off*, cut short, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, edge in, get in the way, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, in, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, lay aside, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, put in, separate, sever, shortstop, stay, stop, suspend, work in |
| Main Entry: | pigeonhole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize; shelve |
Synonyms: |
assort, class, classify, defer, delay, dismiss, file, group, hold, hold off, hold up, label, lay aside, peg, postpone, put aside, put down as, put off, put on hold, put on ice, put on the bank burner, rank, sideline, sort, tab, table, type cast |
| Main Entry: | put away/put aside/put by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep in |
Synonyms: |
deposit, keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, put by, put out of the way, reserve cache, salt away, save, set aside, squirrel away, stockpile, store, store away, stow away |
Antonyms: |
spend, use up, waste |
| Main Entry: | relinquish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, cast, cast off, cede, cut loose, desert, discard, ditch*, drop, drop like hot potato, drop out, dump*, forbear, forgo, forsake, forswear, hand over, kick, kiss good-bye, lay aside, leave, opt out, quit, quit cold turkey, release, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, sacrifice, shed, stand down, surrender, swear off, take the oath, take the pledge, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, take |
| Main Entry: | salt away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, store up |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, amass, bank, cache, hide, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, put away, put by, put in the bank, save for rainy day, set aside, spare, stash, stockpile |
Antonyms: |
spend, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; set money aside for later use |
Synonyms: |
amass, be frugal, be thrifty, cache, collect, conserve, cut corners, deposit, feather nest, gather, hide away, hoard, hold, keep, lay aside, lay away, maintain, make ends meet, manage, pile up, pinch pennies, put by, reserve, retrench, roll back, salt away, save for rainy day, scrimp, skimp, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, tighten belt, treasure |
Antonyms: |
squander, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | shelve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defer, postpone |
Synonyms: |
delay, dismiss, drop, freeze*, give up, hang up, hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay aside, mothball, pigeonhole, prolong, prorogue, put aside, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, scrub, sideline, slow up, stay, suspend, table, tie up, waive |
Antonyms: |
carry out, do, go ahead |
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hang fire, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table, lay over, omit, pigeonhole, pink-slip, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put a stop to, put an end to, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold |
Antonyms: |
complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |