| Main Entry: | look up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | research |
Synonyms: |
come upon, confirm, discover, find, hunt for, peruse, scan, search for, seek, seek out, track down |
Antonyms: |
wing it |
| Main Entry: | look up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, come along, convalesce, gain, get better, mend, perk up, pick up, progress, recuperate, shape up, show improvement |
Antonyms: |
decline, worsen |
| Main Entry: | brighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy, feel better |
Synonyms: |
become cheerful, buck up, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, clear up, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, improve, look up, perk up |
Antonyms: |
depress, upset |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit at residence or business |
Synonyms: |
come by, come over, crash, drop by, drop in, fall by, fall down, hit, look in on, look up, play, pop in, run in, see, stop by, stop in, swing by |
| Main Entry: | come by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit someone |
Synonyms: |
call, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, meet, pay a call, pop in, run in, see, step in, stop by, visit |
| Main Entry: | discover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, uncover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth |
| Notes: | The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | drop in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit |
Synonyms: |
blow in, call, call upon, come by, come over, go and see, look in on, look up, pop in, run in, stop, stop by, stop in, turn up |
| Main Entry: | improve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become better |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground, help, increase, lift, look up, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, set right, shape up, sharpen, skyrocket, straighten out, take off, touch up, turn the corner, update, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen |
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
Synonyms: |
aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew |
Antonyms: |
break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | perk up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, be refreshed, brighten, buck up, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, liven up, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, take heart |
Antonyms: |
depress |