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plant - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom |
| Synonyms: | annual, bush, creeper*, cutting*, flower, grass, perennial, shoot, shrub, slip, sprout, tree, vine, biennial, greenery, herb, seedling, weed |
| Antonyms: | animal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in the ground for growing |
| Synonyms: | bury, cover, farm, grow, implant, pitch, pot, raise, scatter, seed, sow, start, stock, transplant, seed down, set out |
| Antonyms: | harvest, reap |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | factory and its buildings, equipment |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, forge, foundry, gear, machinery, mill, shop, works, yard, manufactory |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, set |
| Synonyms: | deposit, fix, found, insert, install, institute, lodge, park, plank, plunk, root, settle, station, imbed, plank down, plop |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize, unsettle, upset, disestablish |
| Main Entry: | accomplice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | helper, especially in committing a crime |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, aid, aide, ally, assistant, associate, collaborator, colleague, confederate, conspirator, partner, plant*, stall*, co-conspirator, insider |
| Antonyms: | adversary, enemy, opponent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, irrigate, lace*, mingle, mix, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken, denature, doctor up, intermix, make impure, phony up, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, be held securely |
| Synonyms: | attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, fix, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up, imbed, make port |
| Antonyms: | detach, loosen, unfasten, let go |
| Main Entry: | armory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military building, usually for storing weapons |
| Synonyms: | arsenal, center, depot, dump, factory, headquarters, magazine, plant, range |
| Main Entry: | arsenal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage of weapons |
| Synonyms: | armory, depository, depot, dump, factory, magazine, ordnance, plant, repository, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
| Synonyms: | construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
| Main Entry: | bush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrubs; woodland |
| Synonyms: | backcountry, backwoods, bramble, brush, creeper, forest, hedge, hinterland, jungle, outback, plant, scrub, shrubbery, thicket, vine, wilderness, boscage, briar, chaparral, scrubland, the wild |
| Notes: | bush and shrub are used interchangeably for relatively low woody perennials with many stems and branches that grow from a complex close to the ground; a tree is a woody perennial, usually taller, with branches starting higher up |
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hidden supply |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, assets, drop, fund, hideout, hoard, kitty*, nest egg*, plant, repository, reserve, shade, stake, stockpile, store, storehouse, supplies, treasure, treasury, wealth, drop joint, drop-off, hiding place, stash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide a supply of something |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, bury, conceal, cover, ditch, duck, ensconce, maintain, park, plant, put away, save, screen, secrete, squirrel away*, store, lay away, put in the hole, squirrel, stash, stash away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up*, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stow, veil, wrap, cover up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, put in a hole, stash, stay out of sight, tuck away |
| Antonyms: | disclose, divulge, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, lay bare, let out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
| Synonyms: | attraction, beard*, blind, booster, camouflage, catch, chicanery, come-on, deception, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, lure, plant, pretense, sitting duck*, snare, stick, stool pigeon*, temptation, trick, trickery, allurement, blow off*, chicane, drawing card, ensnarement, inveiglement, nark, seducement, shill, stoolie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, park, place, plant*, plunk*, precipitate, repose, rest, salt away*, save, settle, squirrel away*, store, stow, transfer, treasure, give in trust, lay away, plop, plunk down, put aside, put by, sit down, sock away, stash, stock up |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, diffuse, diminish, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle*, plant, qualify, reduce, shave*, spike, temper, water, water down, deliquesce, doctor up, phony up |
| Antonyms: | concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sink, implant |
| Synonyms: | bury, deposit, dig in, enclose, fasten, fix, impact, ingrain, inlay, insert, install, lodge, pierce, plant, plunge, press, root, set, drive in, hammer in, infix, put into, ram in, stick in, stuff in, thrust in, tuck in |
| Antonyms: | dig up |
| 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
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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