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| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position |
| Synonyms: | bring, concentrate, deposit, embed, establish, fasten, fix, fixate, focus, insert, install, invest, lay, nail, park, peg, place, plank, plant, plunk, quarter, repose, rest, seat, set, settle, situate, stick, concenter, plank down, plop, plunk down, rivet |
| Antonyms: | remove, take |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propose; express in words |
| Synonyms: | advance, air, couch, express, formulate, forward, give, offer, phrase, pose, prefer, present, proposition, render, set, state, submit, suggest, tender, translate, transpose, turn, utter, vent, ventilate, word, bring forward, posit, propone, propound, set before |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit, assign |
| Synonyms: | condemn, consign, constrain, doom, employ, enjoin, force, impose, induce, inflict, levy, make, oblige, require, set, subject, subject to |
| Antonyms: | change, displace, transfer |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice, make known, make public |
| Antonyms: | suppress, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute, ascribe |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, assign, associate, connect, consign, designate, detail, earmark, impute, lay, name, place, put, second, send, invest with |
| Antonyms: | disunite, take away |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble |
| Synonyms: | ante, chance, dice, game, hazard, pledge, put, risk, set, speculate, trust, venture, wager, buy in on, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pony up, put money on, tempt fortune, toss up |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, consider |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, approximate, augur, forecast, foretell, guess, judge, place, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, put, reckon, regard, think, make rough guess, vaticinate |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about closely |
| Synonyms: | apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack one's brains, direct attention, establish, examine, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, get on the beam, give attention, hammer away at, hammer*, head trip, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on, put, put mind to, rack one's brains, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | couch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in particular way |
| Synonyms: | formulate, frame, phrase, put, utter, word, set forth |
| Main Entry: | dispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place, order; deal with |
| Synonyms: | actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt |
| Notes: | predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, root, secure, settle, stabilize, start, station, stick, domiciliate, lay foundation, ring in, rivet, set down, start ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | destroy, invalidate, ruin, unsettle, disestablish |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, put, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word, make known, pop off*, put across, put into words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus on |
| Synonyms: | concentrate, direct, fasten, fixate, put, concenter, level at, rivet |
| Antonyms: | ignore, look away |
| Main Entry: | focus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim attention at |
| Synonyms: | adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten, fix, fixate, join, knuckle down*, meet, pinpoint, put, sharpen, spotlight*, sweat*, concenter, get detail, home in, home in on, hone in, key on, move in, pour it on, rivet, zero in*, zoom in |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | formulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, specify systematically |
| Synonyms: | codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up*, dream up*, evolve, express, forge, frame, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, phrase, prepare, put, systematize, vamp, work, work out, give form to, particularize, set down* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance on winning |
| Synonyms: | back, bet, brave, buck the odds, cast lots*, challenge, cut the cards, dare, defy, endanger, face, flip the coin, game, go for broke, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay money on, lot, make a bet, play, plunge, put, put faith in, put trust in, risk, set, shoot the moon, shoot the works, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take a flyer, tempt fortune, trust to luck, try one's luck, venture, wager |
| Antonyms: | be careful, design, ensure, guard, insure, plan, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
| Synonyms: | air, announce, broadcast, carry, deliver, emit, express, furnish, impart, issue, notify, present, pronounce, publish, put, read, render, state, supply, transfer, transmit, utter, vent, ventilate, be a source of |
| Antonyms: | conceal, keep, refrain, withhold |
| Main Entry: | impose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set, dictate |
| Synonyms: | appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lay, levy, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, require, saddle*, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck, force upon, lade, lay down, lay down the law, move in on, put foot down, read riot act, take advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, maintain |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, cache, carry, conduct, conserve, control, deposit, detain, direct, enjoy, garner, grasp, grip, have, heap, hold back, manage, own, pile, place, possess, preserve, put, put up, reserve, retain, save, season, stack, stock, store, withhold, care for, deal in, trade in |
| Antonyms: | consume, disperse, give, hand over, release, give up, let go |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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