| Main Entry: | ballast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something giving balance |
Synonyms: |
balance, brace, bracket, counterbalance, counterweight, equilibrium, sandbag, stability, stabilizer, support, weight |
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defraud, fool |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, do a number on, do*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, give bum steer, gouge, gyp, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull one's leg, ream, rip off, rook, rope in, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize |
| Main Entry: | flimflam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, swindle |
Synonyms: |
bilk, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, defraud, diddle, dupe*, fleece, fool, gip, gull, gyp, hose, pull a fast one, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, shaft, steal, take for a ride, trick |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
Synonyms: |
apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
Antonyms: |
let go |
| Main Entry: | inhibit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrict, prevent |
Synonyms: |
arrest, avert, bar, bit, bridle, check, constrain, cramp, curb, discourage, enjoin, faze, forbid, frustrate, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, impede, interdict, keep in, obstruct, outlaw, prohibit, put on brakes, repress, restrain, sandbag, stop, stymie, suppress, taboo*, ward, withhold |
Antonyms: |
aid, allow, approve, assist, free, help |
| Main Entry: | obstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrict |
Synonyms: |
arrest, bar, barricade, block, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crab, curb, cut off, drag one's feet, fill, foul up, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, mask, monkey with, obscure, occlude, plug, restrain, retard, sandbag, shield, shut off, slow down, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie*, terminate, throttle, thwart, trammel, weigh down |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, boost, clear, help, promote, support |
| Main Entry: | play dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, beguile, bend the rules, bilk, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, deceive, defraud, do a number on, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, hit below the belt, hoodwink, hose, mislead, pull something funny, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stack the cards, stretch the rules, sucker, swindle, trick, victimize |
| Main Entry: | shortchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, bilk, deceive, defraud, double-deal, dupe, finagle, fleece, flimflam, gyp, hose, mislead, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stiff, swindle, take, trick |
| Main Entry: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, steal |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, beat*, bilk, clip, con*, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, do*, dupe, extort, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame*, fudge, gouge, gull, hoodwink, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one, put one over on, rip off, rook, run a game on, sandbag, scam, sell a bill of goods, set up, shaft, stiff*, sting*, sucker, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, trim*, victimize |
Antonyms: |
donate, give |
| Main Entry: | undermine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, blunt, clip one's wings, corrode, cripple, debilitate, dig, dig out, disable, eat away, enfeeble, erode, excavate, foil, frustrate, hollow out, hurt, impair, knock the bottom out of, mine, poke full of holes, ruin, sabotage, sandbag, sap, soften, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo, tunnel, undercut, wear, whittle away, wreck |
Antonyms: |
strengthen |