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| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze*, sling*, spill, spill the beans*, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correlate, pertain |
| Synonyms: | affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, bracket, combine, compare, concern, connect, coordinate, couple, credit, identify with, impute, join, link, orient, pertain, refer, touch, unite, yoke, be joined with, be relevant to, bear upon, conjoin, consociate, correspond to, have reference to, have to do with, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, orientate, tie in with |
| Antonyms: | dissociate |
| Main Entry: | comparison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrasting; corresponding |
| Synonyms: | allegory, analogy, association, collation, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, estimation, example, identification, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, ratio, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing, analogizing, analyzing, balancing, bringing together, collating, comparability, dividing, exemplification, likening, paralleling, relating |
| Main Entry: | germane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad rem, akin, allied, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, fitting, kindred, kosher*, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose*, pertinent, proper, related, relating, relevant, right on, suitable, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unfitting, unrelated, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, close, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equivalent, homologous, identical, matching, near, parallel, related, resembling, same, such, twin, uniform, allying, approximating, approximative, coextensive, congeneric, congenerous, equaling, in the manner of, jibing, much the same, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, relating, selfsame, undifferentiated |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unlike |
| Main Entry: | connecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | joining |
| Synonyms: | combining, fastening, joined, linking, associating, attaching, bridging, bringing together, connective, coupling, fusing, interlacing, intertwining, mingling, mixing, pairing, relating, tying together, uniting, welding |
| Main Entry: | fellow feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathy |
| Synonyms: | agape, concern, empathy, identification, rapport, warmth, Christian love, brotherly love, good feeling, loving concern, relating, responsiveness, sympathetic response, vibes |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
| Synonyms: | allusion, connecting, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, quotation, resource, source, advertence, associating, attributing, bringing up, indicating, pointing out, relating, stating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exercise, application |
| Synonyms: | action, assignment, background, discipline, drill, effect, experience, iteration, operation, preparation, recitation, rehearsal, repetition, seasoning, study, training, use, drilling, homework, prepping, recounting, relating, tune-up, work-out |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light*, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, grant, indicate, let, let on, narrate, number, own, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield, go into details, make known, open up, own up, subscribe to |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Main Entry: | affiliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate or be associated with a larger organization |
| Synonyms: | ally, amalgamate, annex, associate, combine, confederate, connect, incorporate, join, relate*, tie up, unite, band together, come aboard, form connection, go partners, hook up, line up, plug into, team up, throw in with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, separate, stay away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belong, be connected |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear, pertain, refer, relate, vest, be characteristic of, be part of, be pertinent, be proper, be relevant, have to do with, touch upon |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be appropriate, relevant |
| Synonyms: | affect, allude, appertain, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon |
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect in the mind |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, blend, bracket, combine, concord, correlate, couple, group, identify, join, league, link, mix, pair, relate, unite, yoke, conjoin, lump together, think of together |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, separate, sever |
| Main Entry: | chronicle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | report, recount |
| Synonyms: | enter, narrate, record, register, relate, tell, set down |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | coalesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, come together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, amalgamate, associate, bracket, cleave, cling, cohere, combine, commingle, connect, consolidate, fuse, incorporate, integrate, join, link, merge, mingle, mix, relate, stick, unite, wed, commix, conjoin, hook up with, join up with, tie in with |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | cohere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree, conform |
| Synonyms: | accord, check, check out, conform, correspond, dovetail, go, harmonize, hold, relate, square, be connected, be consistent, comport, fit in, hang together, hold water, make sense |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dispute, not conform |
| Main Entry: | collate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sort collection |
| Synonyms: | adduce, assemble, bracket, collect, compare, compose, contrast, examine, gather, group, match, order, relate, verify, analogize |
| Main Entry: | combine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, integrate |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, coalesce, commingle, compound, cooperate, couple, dub, fuse, get together, incorporate, join, league, link, marry, merge, mingle, mix, network, pool, put together, relate, synthesize, unify, unite, wed, bunch up, coadjute, conjoin, glue oneself to, hitch on, hook on, interface, plug into, slap on, stand in with, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, dissolve, divide, part, separate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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