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| Main Entry: | serve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aid, help; supply |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assist, deal, deliver, distribute, do for, give, handle, hit, nurse, oblige, play, present, provide, provision, succor, wait on, attend to, be of assistance, be of use, care for, dish up, minister to, set out, work for |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | serve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, do |
| Synonyms: | accept, agree, attend, carry on, complete, discharge, follow, fulfill, function, go through, labor, obey, observe, officiate, pass, perform, toil, work, be employed by, hearken, subserve |
| Antonyms: | refrain, refuse |
| Main Entry: | serve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffice; do the work of |
| Synonyms: | advantage, answer, apply, avail, benefit, content, do, fit, function, make, profit, satisfy, service, suit, work, answer the purpose, be acceptable, be adequate, be good enough, be of use, be useful, do duty as, fill the bill, work for |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
| Synonyms: | afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
| Antonyms: | bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispense something needed |
| Synonyms: | apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender, measure out, mete out |
| Antonyms: | deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote or propose an idea |
| Synonyms: | adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, hype*, introduce, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff*, push, serve, splash, spot, submit, suggest, urge, get ink for, lay forward, make a pitch for, put forward, put on the map, set forth, throw spotlight on |
| Antonyms: | hesitate, stop, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, alleviate, assist, bail out, befriend, encourage, favor, go to bat for*, lighten, mitigate, promote, relieve, serve, subsidize, sustain, benefact, go with*, lend a hand, open doors for, stick up for, straighten out* |
| Antonyms: | block, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, obstruct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
| Synonyms: | clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, do*, dope, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, deal with*, dope out*, measure up, work through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, patch things up |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abet, aid, back, bail out, benefit, boost, collaborate, cooperate, do for*, expedite, facilitate, further, go for, go to bat for*, hype*, plug*, puff*, push*, reinforce, relieve, ride shotgun*, serve, stump*, support, sustain, thump*, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, go down the line for, go with, grease the wheels, lend a hand, make a pitch for, open doors, put on the map, root for, run interference for, stand up for, take care of, work for, work with |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, stop, thwart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for |
| Synonyms: | do for, doctor, mind, nurse, serve, tend, watch, be in the service of, look after, minister to, take care of, wait upon, work for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | avail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of use; use |
| Synonyms: | account, advantage, answer, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work, be adequate |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | treat like a child |
| Synonyms: | cherish, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, dote on, foster, humor, indulge, nurse, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, serve, spoil, cater to, overindulge |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, better, build, favor, further, improve, pay, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, be good for, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, fill the bill, make a killing, make it, pay off*, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | file charges in court |
| Synonyms: | appeal, arraign, cite, declare, indict, institute, prefer, serve, sue, summon, initiate legal action, take to court |
| Main Entry: | deal/deal with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | handle, manage |
| Synonyms: | act, approach, behave, clear, concern, consider, control, direct, discuss, hack it*, handle, oversee, play, review, rid, serve, take, treat, unburden, use, attend to, behave toward, conduct oneself, cope with, get a handle on something, have to do with, live with, make a go of it, make it, see to, take care of |
| Antonyms: | mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dish out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | allocate, deliver, dispense, dole out*, furnish, hand, hand out, hand over, inflict, ladle, present, produce, scoop, serve, supply, transfer, turn over, fork over, give out, mete out, serve up, spoon |
| Antonyms: | take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sufficient |
| Synonyms: | answer, avail, pass muster*, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, be adequate, be enough, be good enough for, be of use, be useful, give satisfaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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