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serving - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | helping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of food |
| Synonyms: | allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, piece, ration, serving, share, plateful |
| Main Entry: | ingratiating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fawning, servile |
| Synonyms: | charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, obsequious, saccharine, serving, soft, unctuous, insinuating, silken, smarmy, sycophantic, toadying |
| Antonyms: | deterring, disgusting, repellent |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, dose, drag*, due, end, fraction, fragment, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, parcel, part, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*, divvy, fifty-fifty*, halver, meed, partage, points, quotum, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, persuasive |
| Synonyms: | able, active, adequate, capable, cogent, compelling, competent, convincing, direct, effectual, efficacious, efficient, emphatic, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, live, moving, on the ball*, operative, potent, powerful, practical, producing, serviceable, serving, sound, striking, sufficient, telling, trenchant, useful, valid, virtuous, wicked*, yielding, having lead in pencil, playing hardball, powerhouse, resultant |
| Notes: | effective means 'having a (desired) result or effect,' effectual is 'succeeding in producing a desired result or effect,' and efficacious means the same as effectual as well as 'serving as an effective solution or remedy' |
| Antonyms: | fruitless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, unproductive, useless, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dish or meal served |
| Synonyms: | bowl, casserole, course, helping, platter, portion, service, serving, trencher |
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, cut, ration |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug*, smithereen, taste |
| Antonyms: | all, entirety, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | operating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | causing to function |
| Synonyms: | determining, driving, managing, moving, performing, revolving, running, serving, using, accomplishing, administering, at work, conducting, contriving, directing, executing, finishing, fulfilling, guiding, maintaining, manipulating, ordering, practicing, regulating, spinning, supervising, sustaining, transacting, turning, wielding |
| Main Entry: | dish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part of meal |
| Synonyms: | course, eats*, entrée, fare, food, helping, recipe, serving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | representing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | acting as an agent |
| Synonyms: | serving, acting for, speaking for, substituting for |
| Main Entry: | tending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | giving attention to |
| Synonyms: | nursing, serving, aiding, attending, caring for, ministering |
| Antonyms: | neglecting, avoiding |
| 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 |
| 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
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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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