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| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, build |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up*, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off*, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, whip, dash off, get ready, give rise to, lead to, tear off, throw together, whip out |
| Antonyms: | crush, destroy, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, compel |
| Synonyms: | bring about, cause, coerce, constrain, drive, effect, force, horn in, impel, impress, initiate, interfere, meddle, oblige, press, require, secure, start, tamper, concuss, dragoon, pressurize, prevail upon, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, appoint |
| Synonyms: | advance, assign, constitute, create, delegate, elect, finger, install, invest, name, nominate, ordain, proffer, select, tap, tender |
| Antonyms: | demote, renounce |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enact, execute |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, carry out, conduct, declare, decree, do, draft, draw up, effect, establish, fix, form, formulate, frame, legislate, pass, perform, practice, prepare, prosecute, wage, carry through, engage in |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, refuse, refute, veto |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add up to; constitute |
| Synonyms: | amount to, compose, compound, comprise, construct, embody, equal, fabricate, form, make up, mix, organize, put together, represent, structure, synthesize, texture, come to |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, infer |
| Synonyms: | calculate, collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, derive, draw, figure, gather, gauge, judge, reckon, suppose, think, dope out |
| Antonyms: | calculate, measure |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | earn, acquire |
| Synonyms: | bring in, clear, gain, get, harvest, hustle, net, obtain, pull, pull down*, rate, realize, reap, receive, secure, sock*, take in, bring home bacon, clean up* |
| Antonyms: | lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, aim at |
| Synonyms: | advance, attain, bear, catch, go, head, light out, meet, move, proceed, progress, reach, strike out, take off, arrive at, arrive in time, break for, get to, set out |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, shape, square, suit, tailor, come around, get act together, grow used to, play the game, roll with punches, shape up |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield, be worth |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coerce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compel, press |
| Synonyms: | beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to act |
| Synonyms: | bulldoze*, coerce, constrain, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, necessitate, oblige, restrain, squeeze, urge, concuss, crack down, dragoon, make necessary, put the arm on, put the chill on, shotgun, throw weight around, turn on the heat |
| Notes: | impel means to urge or encourage while compel means to take action as a result of pressure or coercion; impel is very similar in meaning to compel but suggests even more strongly an inner drive to do something and often a greater urgency in the desire to act |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, deter, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force; restrain |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, confine, constrict, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hold back, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, stifle, urge, withhold, concuss, cool off, hem in, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | construct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, build |
| Synonyms: | build up, compose, compound, constitute, cook up*, create, design, dream up*, elevate, engineer, envision, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, hammer out*, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, organize, produce, put out, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, throw up*, whip up*, cobble up, fudge together, hoke up, prefab, throw together, trump up, uprear |
| Antonyms: | annihilate, break, demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop in mind or physically |
| Synonyms: | actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean |
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify, add up, hang sign on, put down for, put finger on |
| Main Entry: | derive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out |
| Antonyms: | create, invent |
| Main Entry: | disclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, revelation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, enlightenment, exposé, exposure, handout, leak, make, picture, publication, rundown, snitch*, squeal*, tip*, ventilation, blow-by-blow, divulgation, divulgence, exposal, impartance, impartation, revealing, revealment, tip-off, uncovering, unveilment |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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