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presents - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | existing time |
| Synonyms: | here and now, instant, now, nonce, present moment, the time being, this day, this time, today |
| Antonyms: | future, past |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; demonstrate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, adduce, advance, allege, cite, declare, display, do, exhibit, expose, expound, extend, fix up, get together, give, hold out, imply, infer, intimate, lay, manifest, mount, offer, perform, pitch, pose, produce, proffer, proposition, put on, raise, recount, relate, show, stage, state, submit, suggest, tender, trot out, do the honors, give an introduction, make a pitch, make known, open to view, put forward, roll out |
| Antonyms: | refrain, subdue, withhold |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, benevolence, boon, bounty, compliment, donation, endowment, favor, grant, gratuity, handout, largess, lump, offering, stake, gifting, giveaway, goodie, write-off |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, hand over |
| Synonyms: | award, bestow, come up with, confer, devote, donate, entrust, furnish, gift, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, offer, proffer, lay on, put at disposal, put forth |
| Antonyms: | take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval, grant |
| Synonyms: | accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe |
| Notes: | something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity) |
| Antonyms: | argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | acquaint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform oneself or another about something new |
| Synonyms: | accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with*, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up*, get together*, habituate, inform, introduce, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn, intro, knock down*, let know, make familiar |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote or propose an idea |
| Synonyms: | adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, hype*, introduce, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff*, push, serve, splash, spot, submit, suggest, urge, get ink for, lay forward, make a pitch for, put forward, put on the map, set forth, throw spotlight on |
| Antonyms: | hesitate, stop, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert; claim |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, affirm, aver, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, recite, recount, state, testify, asservate, avouch, put forward |
| Antonyms: | contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into sight |
| Synonyms: | arise, arrive, attend, check in*, come, come out, develop, drop in*, emerge, expose, issue, loom, materialize, occur, present, recur, rise, show, show up, spring, surface, turn out, turn up, be present, be within view, blow in*, bob up, break through, breeze in, clock in, come forth, come into view, come to light, crop up, make the scene, pop in*, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in*, time in |
| Antonyms: | disappear, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, reason, show, suggest, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness, prevail upon, talk into |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out*, distribute, donate, endow, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out*, fork out*, sweeten the kitty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bestow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, allot |
| Synonyms: | accord, apportion, award, bequeath, come through, commit, confer, devote, donate, entrust, favor, gift, give away, grant, hand out, impart, kick in, lavish, offer, present, put out, honor with, render to |
| Antonyms: | deprive, refuse, take |
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer money or services |
| Synonyms: | present, proffer, propose, render, submit, tender, venture |
| Main Entry: | boon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, benefit, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, godsend, good, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall, good fortune |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | bounty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus; compensation |
| Synonyms: | donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, pay, premium, present, prize, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | bait, blackmail, compensation, contract, enticement, envelope*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, take, allurement, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, feedbag, influence peddling, sweetener, sweetening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell, allude to, appeal to, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, refer to |
| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
| Synonyms: | advance, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, submit, uncover, bring forth, stumble upon |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giving honor, award |
| Synonyms: | accord, allot, award, bestow, donate, give, grant, present, provide, vouchsafe, gift with, lay on, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, taking |
| Main Entry: | confide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust |
| Synonyms: | bestow, charge, commend, commit, consign, delegate, hand over, present, relegate, trust |
| Antonyms: | keep |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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