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| Main Entry: | locked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secured |
| Synonyms: | closed, fastened, sealed, tight, cinched, padlocked |
| Main Entry: | lock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, clasp |
| Synonyms: | bar, bolt, button, clench, close, clutch, embrace, encircle, enclose, engage, entwine, grapple, grasp, hug, join, latch, link, mesh, press, seal, secure, shut, unite, button up, turn the key |
| Antonyms: | unfasten, unlock, unclasp |
| Main Entry: | uncompromising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | decided, determined, firm, hard-core*, hard-line*, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, locked, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded*, relentless, resolute, rigid, single-minded, steadfast, strict, strong, tough, unbending, brick-wall, set in stone, stiff-necked* |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, flexible, open, willing, compromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intractable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult |
| Synonyms: | awkward, cantankerous, contrary, fractious, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incurable, indomitable, insoluble, intransigent, locked, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, stubborn, tenacious, tough, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful, bull-headed, incompliant, indocile, locked in, self-willed, tough nut, unpliable |
| Notes: | intractable means stubborn or obstinate; intransigent is this, but implies being more intense and refusing to compromise or change |
| Antonyms: | manageable |
| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shut, out of service |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, dark, fastened, locked, out of business, out of order*, sealed, shut down, folded, gone fishing, not open, padlocked |
| Antonyms: | open, running, working, in business |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permanent, steady |
| Synonyms: | established, fast, firm, hooked, immobile, immovable, located, locked, quiet, rigid, rooted, secure, set, settled, situated, solid, stable, steadfast, stiff, still, tenacious, tight, anchored, attached, hitched, immotile, made fast, nailed |
| Antonyms: | changeable, impermanent, unsteady, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fastened, stable |
| Synonyms: | bound, fast, firm, fixed, fortified, immovable, iron, locked, set, solid, sound, staunch, steady, strong, sure, tenacious, tight, adjusted, anchored, buttoned down, nailed, safe and sound, solid as a rock |
| Antonyms: | loose, moving, unstable, unfastened, unfixed, unsecure |
| Main Entry: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sealed |
| Synonyms: | airtight, blind, cutting, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, hermetic, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, locked, proof, secure, short, shrunken, shut, sound, tied, uncomfortable, blocked, bolted, choking, clumped, cramping, crushing, hermetically sealed, nailed, obstructed, padlocked, pinching, plugged, skintight, slammed, smothering, snapped, stopped up, tied up, watertight |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, wide, unsealed |
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make certain |
| Synonyms: | cinch, clinch, complete, confirm, ensure, guarantee, ice*, insure, lock, nail down*, seal, secure, set, have a lock on, lock on, lock up, make sure, put on ice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secure, usually with a length of material |
| Synonyms: | barricade, block, blockade, bolt, clog, close, dam, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall, caulk, deadbolt |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten securely |
| Synonyms: | bar, latch, lock, secure, deadbolt |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unfasten, unlock, unbolt |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, screen, secure, shut, shutter, slam, stopper, stuff, turn off, caulk, congest, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, shut off, stop up |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unseal, unclose, unplug, unstop |
| Main Entry: | embrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold tightly in one's arms |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, clasp, clinch, cling, clutch, cradle, cuddle, encircle, enfold, entwine, envelop, fold, fondle, grab, grasp, grip, hug, lock, nuzzle, press, seize, snuggle, squeeze, wrap, take in arms |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interconnect; bring into operation |
| Synonyms: | activate, apply, attach, dovetail, energize, fasten, interact, interlace, interlock, interplay, join, lock, mesh, get going, intermesh, switch on |
| Antonyms: | cancel, defuse, disconnect |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hold, hook, implant, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, moor, nail, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stick, strengthen, string, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld, freeze to, hitch on, hook up, infix, make firm, mortise, rivet, stay put, tack on |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unfasten, unlock, unchain, unlink |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, lock, prop, shoulder, stay, sustain, take, uphold, shore up, underpin |
| Main Entry: | hug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold close, cling to |
| Synonyms: | be near to, bear hug, cherish, clasp, clinch, cradle, cuddle, embrace, enbosom, enfold, envelop, fold in arms, follow closely, grasp, hold onto, keep close, lie close, lock, love, nestle, nurse, press, receive, retain, seize, squeeze, stay near, take in one's arms, welcome |
| Antonyms: | push away, release |
| Main Entry: | join |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unite |
| Synonyms: | accompany, add, adhere, affix, annex, append, assemble, associate, attach, blend, bracket, cement, clamp, clasp, clip, coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, connect, copulate, couple, entwine, fasten, fuse, grapple, incorporate, interlace, juxtapose, knit, leash, link, lock, marry, mate, melt, mix, pair, put together, span, splice, tie, tie up, touch, weave, wed, weld, yoke, agglutinate, coadunate, conjoin, conjugate, hitch on, intermix, lump together, slap on, stick together, tack on, tag on |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | latch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten with lock |
| Synonyms: | bar, bolt, cinch, close, lock, secure, close up, make fast |
| Antonyms: | loose, loosen, unfasten, unlock, unlatch |
| Main Entry: | repress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back, hold in |
| Synonyms: | black out*, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork*, crush, curb, gridlock*, hinder, hold back, inhibit, kill*, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quell, rein, restrain, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, tie up*, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, quelch, shush, simmer down*, throw cold water on |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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