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| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in charge, control |
| Synonyms: | administer, advocate, boss, call the shots*, captain, carry on, command, concert, conduct, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, dominate, engineer, execute, govern, guide, handle, head, influence, instruct, maintain, manipulate, minister, officiate, operate, oversee, pilot, ply, preside, regulate, request, rule, run, steer, superintend, supervise, train, use, watch, wield, call upon, care for, engage in, hold down*, run the show, take care of, take over, take the helm, watch over |
| Antonyms: | bumble, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrange, bring about, bring off, carry out, con*, contrive, cook*, doctor*, effect, engineer, execute, finagle, fix, jockey*, plant*, rig*, scam*, succeed, swing, upstage, wangle*, work, cope with, deal with, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | survive, get by |
| Synonyms: | bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along*, get on*, make out*, muddle, shift, stagger, make do, scrape by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accomplish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed in doing |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, hit*, manage, perform, produce, pull off*, rack up*, reach, realize, score*, win, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, get someplace, get there, make hay, make it, nail it, put it over, sew up, take care of |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
| Antonyms: | abandon, fail, nullify, relinquish, give up, not finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | control; command |
| Synonyms: | administer, chaperon, direct, employ, manage, overlook, oversee, run, superintend, supervise, survey, administrate, quarterback, take charge |
| Antonyms: | behave, follow |
| Main Entry: | bring about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause success |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, engender, generate, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed, effectuate, give rise to, make happen |
| Antonyms: | halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | economize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save money |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, cut back, cut corners, cut down, keep within means, make ends meet, manage, meet a budget, pay one's way, pinch pennies, retrench, run tight ship, scrimp, shepherd, skimp, stint, stretch a dollar, tighten one's belt |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, throw away |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
| Synonyms: | angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along; turn out |
| Synonyms: | advance, do, get by, get on, go, handle, happen, hie, journey, make out, manage, muddle through, pass, proceed, progress, prosper, prove, shift, stagger, make headway |
| Main Entry: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, lead |
| Synonyms: | accompany, advise, attend, beacon*, chaperon, command, conduct, contrive, control, convoy, counsel, educate, engineer, escort, govern, handle, influence, instruct, manage, maneuver, marshal, navigate, oversee, pilot, regulate, route, rule, see, shepherd, show, spearhead*, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, train, usher, coxswain, have a handle on, quarterback, show the way, trailblaze |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, mislead, neglect, misguide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
| Synonyms: | absorb, acquire, consume, corner, devour, employ, engross, exclude, have, hog*, hold, manage, own, patent, possess, restrain, syndicate, take up, use, utilize, bogart, copyright, corner the market, exercise control, keep to oneself, lock up, own exclusively, sew up, sit on*, take over |
| Antonyms: | distribute, scatter, share |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orchestrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | organize; cause to happen |
| Synonyms: | arrange, blend, compose, concert, coordinate, harmonize, integrate, manage, present, put together, score, set up, synthesize, unify, symphonize |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, ignore |
| Main Entry: | order about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate |
| Synonyms: | boss, bully, call the shots*, command, control, dictate, direct, influence, keep under one's thumb, manage, master, run the show |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parlay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bet; maneuver |
| Synonyms: | engineer, gamble, jockey, manage, move, plan, play, risk, speculate, venture, wager, lay down |
| Main Entry: | predominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be the most important, noticeable |
| Synonyms: | carry weight*, command, dominate, domineer, govern, manage, outweigh, overrule, overshadow, prevail, reign, rule, tell, get the upper hand, hold sway, preponderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in authority |
| Synonyms: | administer, advise, be at the head of, be in driver's seat, call the signals, carry on, chair, conduct, control, direct, do the honors, govern, handle, head, head up, keep, lead, manage, officiate, operate, ordain, oversee, pull the strings, run, run the show, sit on top of, supervise |
| Antonyms: | follow, serve |
| Main Entry: | pull off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, bring off, carry out, manage, score, secure, succeed, win, score a success |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | reign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have power over; prevail |
| Synonyms: | administer, be in power, be in the driver's seat, be supreme, boss, command, dominate, domineer, govern, head up, helm, hold power, hold sway, influence, manage, obtain, occupy, overrule, predominate, preponderate, rule, rule the roost*, run the show, run things, sit, superabound, wear the crown |
| Antonyms: | serve, submit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | school |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach |
| Synonyms: | advance, coach, control, cultivate, direct, discipline, drill, educate, guide, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, lead, manage, prepare, prime, show, train, tutor, verse |
| Antonyms: | learn |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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