| Main Entry: | accomplish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed in doing |
Synonyms: |
achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, get someplace, get there, hit*, make hay, make it, manage, nail it, perform, produce, pull off, put it over, rack up, reach, realize, score*, sew up, take care of, win |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
Antonyms: |
abandon, fail, give up, not finish, nullify, relinquish |
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
Synonyms: |
advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
Antonyms: |
depart, distance, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
Synonyms: |
approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a destination |
Synonyms: |
access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, blow in, bob up, breeze in, bust in, buzz*, check in, clock in, disembark, dismount, drop anchor, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, get to, hit town, hit*, land*, make it, make the scene, pop in, pop up, pull in, punch the clock, reach, report, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, take place, turn up, visit, wind up at |
Antonyms: |
depart, disappear, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, extend |
Synonyms: |
arch over, attach, bind, branch, couple, cross, cross over, go over, join, link, reach, span, subtend, traverse, unite |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, unlink |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, fix, grease palm, have, land, lubricate, oil palm, ransom, reach, redeem, sop, square, suborn, tamper |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from behind and grab |
Synonyms: |
board, climb on, come upon, cotch, get, go after, grab, hop on, jump, make, overhaul, overtake, pass, ram, reach, run down, take |
Antonyms: |
let go, push |