| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become ready, prepared |
Synonyms: |
authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one's wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by, ground, hack it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
Antonyms: |
be unprepared, disqualify |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, restrict |
Synonyms: |
abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken |
Antonyms: |
allow, be lenient |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize, distinguish |
Synonyms: |
ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, individualize, individuate, mark, name, predicate, signalize, singularize |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches, shape, shape up, square, suit, tailor |
Antonyms: |
disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
Synonyms: |
clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Main Entry: | authorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit, allow |
Synonyms: |
affirm, approve, confirm, countenance, endorse, give leave, let, license, qualify, ratify, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant |
Antonyms: |
deny, disallow, reject |
| Main Entry: | differ |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be dissimilar, distinct |
Synonyms: |
alter, be distinguished from, be off the beaten path, be unlike, bear no resemblance, clash with, conflict with, contradict, contrast, depart from, deviate from, digress, disagree, divaricate from, diverge, diversify, jar with, lack resemblance, modify, not conform, not look like, qualify, reverse, run counter to, show contrast, sing a different tune, stand apart, take exception, turn, vary |
Antonyms: |
agree, be same, conform |
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, deliquesce, diffuse, diminish, doctor up, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle, phony up, plant, qualify, reduce, shave, spike, temper, water, water down |
Antonyms: |
concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the difference |
Synonyms: |
analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, figure out, finger*, identify, individualize, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark, mark off, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot, tag, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
| Main Entry: | empower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, enable |
Synonyms: |
accredit, allow, capacitate, charge, commission, delegate, entitle, entrust, grant, invest, legitimize, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, sanction, vest, warrant |
Antonyms: |
disenfranchise, refuse, reject, revoke |