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| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, determination |
| Synonyms: | boldness, conclusion, courage, design, earnestness, firmness, intention, objective, project, purpose, resolution, undertaking, will, willpower, decidedness, fixed purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | indecision, question, wavering |
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up one's mind; find solution |
| Synonyms: | agree, analyze, answer, break, choose, clear up, clinch*, conclude, decide, decipher, decree, design, determine, dissect, dissolve, elect, elucidate, fathom, figure, fix, intend, iron out*, lick, pan out*, propose, purpose, rule, settle, solve, undertake, unfold, unravel, untangle, unzip, will, work, work out, anatomize, break down, deal with, make a point of, pass upon, puzzle out, remain firm, take a stand, work through |
| Antonyms: | mull, question, waver, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | account for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give reason for |
| Synonyms: | clarify, elucidate, explain, justify, resolve |
| 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, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| 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: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and determine |
| Synonyms: | assay, beat a dead horse*, consider, estimate, evaluate, figure, hash*, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, spell out, study, test, chew over, confab, figure out, get down to brass tacks, kick around*, sort out, talk game, think through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break down to components |
| Synonyms: | break up, cut up, decompose, determine, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, divide, part, resolve, separate, x-ray, anatomize, decompound, electrolyze, hydrolyze, lay bare, parse |
| Antonyms: | assemble, combine, synthesize |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reply, react |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, argue, back talk, claim, comeback, contest, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, get back at*, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass*, say, settle, solve, squelch, top*, answer back, back at you, be in touch, counterclaim, field the question, get back to, give a snappy comeback, shoot back, talk back |
| Antonyms: | ask, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | backbone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of character |
| Synonyms: | courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moral fiber, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, spunk, stamina, tenacity, will, willpower, steadfastness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | weakness, ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, temper, transform, translate, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp, make innovations, make over, recondition, remake, restyle, tamper with, transfigure, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | cipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out code |
| Synonyms: | break, calculate, clear up, compute, count, decipher, estimate, figure, reckon, resolve, solve, unravel |
| Antonyms: | code |
| Main Entry: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, clear up, define, delineate, elucidate, formulate, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, resolve, settle, simplify, spell out*, break down, draw a picture, make perfectly clear, make plain, shed light on, straighten out, throw light on |
| Antonyms: | confuse, muddle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clear up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain; resolve |
| Synonyms: | answer, cipher, clarify, decipher, dissolve, elucidate, illuminate, illustrate, resolve, solve, tidy, unfold, unravel, figure out, make plausible, make reasonable, puzzle out, straighten out |
| Antonyms: | complicate, question |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, bring under control |
| Synonyms: | adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, becalm, ease up, hold in, re-collect, simmer down, tune down |
| Antonyms: | agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset |
| Main Entry: | conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, decision |
| Synonyms: | agreement, conviction, corollary, deduction, determination, inference, opinion, resolution, resolve, settlement, verdict, illation, ratiocination, sequitur |
| Antonyms: | concept, theory |
| Main Entry: | decide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a determination; settle an issue |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, agree, award, choose, cinch, clinch, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, elect, end, establish, figure, gather, guess, judge, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, tap, vote, will, arrive at conclusion, call shots, cast the die, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, draw a conclusion, fix upon, form opinion, go down line, have final word, make a decision, make up mind, reach decision, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait |
| Main Entry: | decision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind or will |
| Synonyms: | backbone, determination, doggedness, earnestness, firmness, fortitude, grit, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pluck*, purpose, resolution, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, volition, will, decidedness, decisiveness, iron will, obstinance, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, will power |
| Antonyms: | indecision, wavering, indefiniteness, indetermination, procrastination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze by taking apart |
| Synonyms: | atomize, break up, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, distill, resolve, separate, anatomize, break down, decompound |
| Antonyms: | combine, join, put together, unite |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance |
| Synonyms: | assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, constancy, conviction, courage, decision, dedication, doggedness, drive, energy, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck*, purpose, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, spine*, spunk*, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower, certitude, dauntlessness, dogmatism, fearlessness, firm-ness, indomitability, intrepidity, purposefulness, resoluteness, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stiff upper lip |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitation, vacillation, disinterest, irresolution, spinelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | decision, judgment, measurement, opinion, perception, purpose, resolution, resolve, result, settlement, solution, verdict, visualization |
| Antonyms: | beginning, start |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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