| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
Synonyms: |
affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, include, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reply, run up, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, tack on, tag |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | astride |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with a leg on either side |
Synonyms: |
astraddle, athwart, on the back of, piggyback, sitting on, straddling |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
Synonyms: |
add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
Antonyms: |
decrease, degrade |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
Synonyms: |
attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, piggyback, ride, schlepp, shoulder, take, take along, tote, transfer, transport, truck, usher |
Antonyms: |
drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, augment |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, broaden, bulk up, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fan out, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, open out, outspread, pad, piggyback, prolong, protract, puff up, pyramid, slap on, soup up, spread, spread out, stretch, stretch out, swell, tack on, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax, widen |
Antonyms: |
abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
Synonyms: |
back, be sold for, bear, bring, bring back, bring to, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, draw forth, earn, elicit, escort, get, give rise to, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug, make, obtain, pack, piggyback, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp, sell, sell for, shoulder, tote, transport, truck, yield |
Antonyms: |
free, let go |
| Main Entry: | pack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport, carry |
Synonyms: |
bear, buck, convey, ferry, freight, gun, haul, heel, hump, jag, journey, lug, piggyback, ride, shlep, shoulder, tote, trek, truck |
Antonyms: |
keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry, transport; accompany |
Synonyms: |
attend, back, bear, bring, buck, cart, conduct, convey, convoy, drive, escort, ferry, fetch, go with, guide, gun, haul, heel, jag, journey, lead, lug, move, pack, piggyback, pilot, ride, schlepp, shoulder, steer, tote, tour, trek, truck, usher |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place on or reach highest part |
Synonyms: |
ascend, cap, climb, cloak, clothe, cover, crest, crown, face, finish, garnish, piggyback, protect, reinforce, roof, scale, spread over, superimpose, surmount, tip |
Antonyms: |
descend, drop, fall, lower |
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, transfer |
Synonyms: |
back, bear, bring, carry, conduct, convey, ferry, fetch, haul, heel, jag, lug, pack, piggyback, remove, ride, run, schlepp, ship, shoulder, take, tote, truck |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |