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| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebratory meeting |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, celebration, convention, convocation, get-together, meet, session, clambake, mass meeting, pep rally, pow-wow |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, unite |
| Synonyms: | arouse, assemble, awaken, call to arms*, challenge, charge, collect, come about, convene, encourage, fire, gather, get together, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, redouble, reform, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, whet, wreak havoc*, bestir, bond together, bring to order, bring together, come to order, come together, counterattack, inspirit, reassemble, regroup, resurrect, waken |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn for the better |
| Synonyms: | comeback, improvement, recovery, renewal, resurgence, revival, turning point, recuperation |
| Antonyms: | remission, regression, weakening |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revive; take a turn for the better |
| Synonyms: | bounce back, come along, enliven, improve, invigorate, perk up, pick up, pull through, recover, recuperate, refresh, surge, brace up, come around, come from behind, get act together, get back in shape, get better, get second wind, grow stronger, make a comeback, regain strength, shape up, snap out of it, turn around, turn things around |
| Antonyms: | lose, regress, weaken |
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, warm, whet, whip up, work up, fire up, heat up, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine*, rouse, stimulate, turn out*, vivify, wake, pile out*, roll out*, show a leg, stir up |
| Antonyms: | deaden, hypnotize, go to sleep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, scoff, taunt, tease |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come along |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | progress, develop |
| Synonyms: | get on, improve, mend, perk up, pick up, rally, recover, recuperate, do well, show improvement |
| Main Entry: | congregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, come together |
| Synonyms: | besiege, collect, concentrate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock*, gather, mass, meet, muster, pack, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, swarm, teem, throng, bunch up, forgather, gang around, gang up, hang out*, make the scene, meet up |
| Antonyms: | divide, scatter, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring together; meet |
| Synonyms: | assemble, call, collect, congregate, convoke, corral, gather, get together, muster, open, rally, round up, sit, summon, unite, call in, come together, hold meeting, scare up |
| Antonyms: | adjourn, call off, cancel, disperse, dissemble |
| Main Entry: | converge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather |
| Synonyms: | assemble, coincide, combine, concentrate, concur, encounter, focus, join, meet, merge, mingle, rally, unite, come together, concenter, enter in, focalize |
| Antonyms: | disperse, diverge, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | deride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make fun of; insult |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, contemn, detract, disdain, disparage, flout, gibe, jeer, jolly, kid, knock, laugh at, lout, mock, pan, pooh-pooh*, put down*, quiz, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, ridicule, roast*, scoff, scorn, slam, sneer, taunt, dis, do a number on, dump on, twit |
| Antonyms: | commend, compliment, flatter, praise, revere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | egg on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push to do something |
| Synonyms: | agitate, arouse, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, goad, incite, instigate, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, spur, stimulate, urge, whip up, sic, stir up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, hold back, talk out of |
| Main Entry: | embolden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | boost, buoy, cheer, energize, exhilarate, goad, inspire, invigorate, push, rally, reassure, refresh, spur, stir, sway, enhearten, give courage, give pep talk, inspirit, psyche up, revitalize |
| Main Entry: | enrollment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | registration for membership |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accession, admission, conscription, engagement, enlistment, entrance, entry, induction, influx, matriculation, rally, reception, record, response, subscription, listing, recruitment, student body, students |
| Main Entry: | evoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, call, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, invoke, milk*, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, summon, call forth, give rise to, stir up, waken |
| Antonyms: | halt, quell, repress, silence, stifle, stop, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union, clambake, social function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get together |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, accumulate |
| Synonyms: | assemble, collect, congregate, convene, converge, join, meet, muster, rally, unite |
| Antonyms: | disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | hearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise someone's spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, rally, reassure, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, inspirit, revivify |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
| Main Entry: | herd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather; shepherd |
| Synonyms: | assemble, associate, collect, congregate, corral, drive, flock, force, goad, guide, huddle, lead, muster, poke, punch, rally, round up*, run, spur, scare up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
* = 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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