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| Main Entry: | refresh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make like new; give new life |
| Synonyms: | brace, bring around, brush up, cheer, cool, enliven, exhilarate, freshen, jog, modernize, prod, prompt, quicken, regain, rejuvenate, renovate, repair, replenish, restore, resuscitate, revive, stimulate, update, vivify, breathe new life into, inspirit, reanimate, recreate, reinvigorate, revitalize, revivify |
| Antonyms: | damage, ruin |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up*, calm, cheer, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, hearten, help, invigorate, mitigate, nourish, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, commiserate with, grant respite, inspirit, lighten burden, make well, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, revitalize, upraise |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
| Synonyms: | animate, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, galvanize, gladden, hearten, invigorate, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, quicken, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, spark, spice, stimulate, vivify, work up*, zap*, brace up, fire up, give a lift, give life to, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, put pep into, recreate, snap out of it, spice up, vivificate, wake up |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freshen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make like new; revitalize |
| Synonyms: | activate, air, cleanse, enliven, invigorate, purify, refresh, restore, revive, rouse, spruce up, sweeten, ventilate, titivate |
| Antonyms: | overuse |
| Main Entry: | groom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready, prepare physically |
| Synonyms: | brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, nurture, preen, prim, prime, primp, ready, refine, refresh, sleek, spruce up*, tend, tidy, train, turn out, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, prep, pretty up, put through grind, put through mill, rub down, shape up, slick up*, smarten up, spiff up |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on*, vivify, zap, inspirit, liven up, revitalize, snap up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | modernize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up to date; remodel |
| Synonyms: | improve, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, restore, revamp, revive, update, remake |
| Antonyms: | antique, date, regress, wear, outmode |
| Main Entry: | perk up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, brighten, buck up*, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, be refreshed, liven up, take heart |
| Antonyms: | depress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prompt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, cue |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, cause, convince, draw, egg on*, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, goad, help, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, spur, stimulate, suggest, urge, call forth, give rise to, help out, sic, talk into, win over |
| Antonyms: | halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make faster; invigorate |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, dispatch, energize, excite, expedite, galvanize, goad, grow, hasten, hurry, impel, incite, increase, inspire, kindle, motivate, move, pique, precipitate, promote, refresh, revive, rouse, shake up, speed, spring, spur, step up, stimulate, stir, strengthen, urge, vivify, innervate, innerve, liven, make haste, revitalize, vitalize, vivificate |
| Antonyms: | dull, retard, slow, weaken |
| Main Entry: | recharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revitalize |
| Synonyms: | bounce back*, energize, invigorate, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resuscitate, revive, breathe new life into, bring back to life, come to life, reenergize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recruit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather resources |
| Synonyms: | augment, better, build up, call to arms, deliver, draft, engage, enlist, enroll, gain, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, procure, proselytize, raise, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, round up, select, strengthen, supply, take in, take on, call up, fill up, find human resources, reanimate, sign on, sign up, store up, win over |
| Main Entry: | refurbish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spruce up |
| Synonyms: | do up*, fix up, mend, modernize, overhaul, redo, refresh, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, spruce, update, clean up, gussy up, recondition, reequip, refit, rehab, retread, set to rights |
| Notes: | refurbish means to 'clean up again,' refurnish means 'to provide with new furnishings,' redecorate means 'to add new decoration(s),' and renovate means 'renew or restore to as as-new condition' |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw a party; have fun |
| Synonyms: | amuse, delight, divert, entertain, feast, fracture, grab, gratify, nurture, party, please, ply, refresh, satisfy, serve, give a party, have a get-together, laugh it up, toss a party |
| Main Entry: | regenerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe new life into |
| Synonyms: | change, exhilarate, invigorate, produce, reconstruct, reestablish, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, reproduce, restore, revive, uplift, inspirit, raise from the dead, reanimate, reawaken, recreate, reinvigorate, revivify |
| Antonyms: | destroy, kill, ruin |
| Main Entry: | rejuvenate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make new again |
| Synonyms: | do, do up*, exhilarate, modernize, reclaim, reconstruct, recover, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, renew, renovate, restore, spruce, spruce up*, update, breathe new life into, give face lift to, give new life to, make young again, reanimate, recondition, rehab, reinvigorate, restitute, retread, revitalize, revivify |
| Antonyms: | destroy, kill, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | renew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start over; refurbish |
| Synonyms: | brace, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reestablish, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restore, resume, resuscitate, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform, begin again, breathe new life into, bring up to date, gentrify, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, refit, reinvigorate, reopen, restate, restock, retread, revitalize |
| Antonyms: | finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | renovate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up, modernize |
| Synonyms: | clean, cleanse, do*, do up*, face-lift*, overhaul, reactivate, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resuscitate, retrieve, revamp, revive, spruce, spruce up*, update, gussy up, make over, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, remake, resurrect, retread, revitalize, revivify |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replenish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill, stock |
| Synonyms: | furnish, make up, provide, provision, refresh, renew, replace, restore, top, refill, reload, restock |
| Antonyms: | deplete, waste, use up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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