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pirate - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pirate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buccaneer |
| Synonyms: | corsair, filibuster, marauder, picaroon, privateer, raider, rover, freebooter, sea rover |
| Main Entry: | adventurer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes risks |
| Synonyms: | charlatan, daredevil, entrepreneur, explorer, gambler, globetrotter, hero, heroine, madcap, mercenary, opportunist, pioneer, pirate, romantic, speculator, swashbuckler, traveler, wanderer, fortune-hunter, stunt person, venturer, voyager |
| Main Entry: | bandit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, gangster, hijacker, hooligan, marauder, mobster, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, racketeer, raider, robber, villain, forager, gunperson, highwayperson, holdup person, pillager, ravager |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fake, simulated |
| Synonyms: | Hollywood, affected, assumed, bent, bogus*, brummagem, copied, crock, deceptive, delusive, delusory, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, fictitious, fishy*, forged, framed, fraudulent, imitation, misleading, mock, not genuine, not kosher, phony*, pirate, plant*, pretended, pretentious, pseudo, put-on, queer, sham, snide, soft shell, spurious, suppositious, two-faced*, won't fly, wrong |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy, reproduction |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, carbon, carbon copy*, chip off the old block*, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat*, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, dupe*, facsimile, fake, fellow, imitation, likeness, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, pirate, reciprocal, repetition, replica, second, similarity, spitting image*, twin, analogue, counterscript, duplication, germination, knockoff, lookalike, photostat, recurrence, replication, repro, ringer, stat |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
| Antonyms: | archetype, model, original, prototype |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a copy; repeat |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, double, dupe, echo, fake, imitate, knock off*, manifold, mirror, multiply, phony, photocopy, pirate*, redo, redouble, reproduce, rework, trace, act like, do a takeoff, do again, do like, dualize, go like, make like, make replica, make twofold, mimeo, photostat, reduplicate, remake, replicate, repro, stat, take off as |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate |
| Synonyms: | borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass, infract |
| Antonyms: | comply, discharge, obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | kidnap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abduct; hold for ransom |
| Synonyms: | capture, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lure, pirate, remove, seduce, seize, shanghai*, snatch, steal, waylay, body snatch, bundle off, carry away, carry off, lay hands on, make off with, run away with, skyjack, spirit away* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marauder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillager, raider |
| Synonyms: | bandit, buccaneer, corsair, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, robber, thief, freebooter, ravager |
| Main Entry: | misrepresent/misquote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, distort |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff*, skew, slant, snow*, stretch, twist, warp, cover up, give snow job, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, spread it on, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up |
| Antonyms: | explain, be forthright, be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pseudo |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artificial, fake |
| Synonyms: | bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, false, imitation, mock, phony, pirate, pretend, pretended, quasi*, sham*, simulated, spurious, wrong, not genuine, not kosher, not legit, not real |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, pillage |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, blockade, bomb, bombard, breach, break in, charge, despoil, devastate, forage, foray, harass, harry, heat, inroad, invade, knock off*, loot, maraud, overrun, pirate, plunder, rake, ransack, rifle, rob, sack, sally, sally forth, shell, storm, strike, sweep, swoop, waste, descend on, fall upon, fire on, knock over*, lean against, lean on, march on, slough, spoliate, strafe, tip over, torpedo |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, stamp out, strip, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest, lay waste, leave in ruins, spoliate, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | robber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cat burglar, cheat*, chiseler*, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, fence, fraud, hijacker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, stickup, swindler, thief, thug, cardsharper, cattle thief, despoiler, forager, grafter, holdup artist, housebreaker, pilferer, pillager, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sailor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who travels by sea |
| Synonyms: | cadet, hearty*, marine, mariner, mate, navigator, pilot, pirate, salt*, sea dog*, seafarer, swab, tarpaulin*, able-bodied sailor, bluejacket, boater, circumnavigator, deck hand, diver, jack, lascar, middy, midshipman/woman, old salt, sea person, shellback, shipmate, swabber, swabbie, tar*, water dog, windjammer, yachter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seafarer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sailor |
| Synonyms: | mariner, mate, pirate, sea dog*, seaman/woman, bluejacket, boater, boatman/ woman, deck hand, middy, midshipman/woman, old salt, sailorman/woman, swabbie, yachtsman/woman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seaman/woman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sailor |
| Synonyms: | mariner, mate, pirate, sea dog*, seafarer, bluejacket, boater, boatman/woman, deck hand, middy, midshipman/woman, old salt, sailorman/woman, swabbie, yachtsman/woman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shanghai |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kidnap |
| Synonyms: | abduct, capture, grab, hijack, pirate, seize, snatch, carry away, carry off, hold for ransom, run away with, skyjack |
| Main Entry: | simulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, borrow, cheat, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib*, deceive, disguise, dissemble, do, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, favor, feature, feign, fence, invent, knock off*, lie, lift, make believe, mimic, mirror, misrepresent, phony, pirate, play, pose, prevaricate, put on*, put on an act*, reproduce, resemble, steal, act like, do a take-off, do like, gloss over, playact, replicate |
| Antonyms: | be real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smuggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer illegal goods |
| Synonyms: | bootleg, deal, export, hide, moonshine*, pirate, push, run, run contraband, run rum, snake in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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