| 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, symphonize, synthesize, unify |
Antonyms: |
disorganize, ignore |
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare musical composition differently |
Synonyms: |
adapt, instrument, orchestrate, score |
| Main Entry: | blend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harmonize |
Synonyms: |
arrange, complement, fit, go well, go with, integrate, orchestrate, suit, symphonize, synthesize, unify |
Antonyms: |
disharmonize, unmix |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
Synonyms: |
author, bang out, cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil, put down, put pen to paper, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
| Main Entry: | harmonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correspond, match |
Synonyms: |
accord, adapt, adjust, agree, arrange, attune, be in unison, be of one mind, blend, carol, chime with, cohere, combine, compose, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, fit in with, integrate, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, reconciliate, relate, set, sing, suit, symphonize, synthesize, tune, unify, unite |
Antonyms: |
clash, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | integrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix, merge |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, amalgamate, arrange, articulate, assimilate, associate, attune, blend, coalesce, combine, come together, compact, concatenate, concentrate, conform, conjoin, consolidate, coordinate, desegregate, embody, fuse, get together, harmonize, incorporate, interface, intermix, join, knit, link, meld with, mesh, orchestrate, organize, proportion, reconcile, reconciliate, symphonize, synthesize, systematize, throw in together, tune, unify, unite, wed |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | score |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write a musical arrangement |
Synonyms: |
adapt, arrange, compose, orchestrate, set |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, produce |
Synonyms: |
bring out, do, engineer, execute, give, mount, open, orchestrate, organize, perform, play, present, put on, show |
Antonyms: |
close |
| Main Entry: | synthesize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make whole |
Synonyms: |
amalgamate, arrange, blend, harmonize, incorporate, integrate, manufacture, orchestrate, symphonize, unify |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate |