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| Main Entry: | sprawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit or lie spread out |
| Synonyms: | drape, extend, flop, lie, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail, lie spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, envelop, fold, hang, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, suspend, swathe, wrap, enswathe, enwrap, lean over, let fall, spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go under, fail |
| Synonyms: | abort, collapse, fall, go down, lurch, misfire, sink, sprawl, stagger, stumble, submerge, trip, be lost, break down, come to nothing, fall through, go lame, go to bottom, miscarry, submerse |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, idle, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl, hang loose, laze |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, goof off*, idle, kill time*, loaf, loiter, loll*, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, fritter away, goldbrick, laze, pass time, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie down |
| Synonyms: | cant, heel, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, tilt, tip, be recumbent, lay down, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | straighten, sit up |
| Main Entry: | trip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall, err |
| Synonyms: | buck, canter, confuse, disconcert, founder, frolic, hop, lapse, lope, lurch, miscalculate, misstep, pitch, play, plunge, skip, slide, slip, sprawl, spring, stumble, throw off, topple, tumble, unsettle, fall over, go headlong, go wrong, lose balance, lose footing, make a faux pas, slip on, slip up |
| Antonyms: | correct, fix |
| Main Entry: | ripple effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chain of cause and effect |
| Synonyms: | dispersion, dissemination, domino effect, sprawl, causal sequence, contagion effect, knock-on effect, overspreading, slippery slope |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about; travel aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | amble, bat around*, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, knock about*, meander, perambulate, percolate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprawl, spread, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag, be all over the map, excurse, get sidetracked, knock around, peregrinate, sprangle, spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | stay, be direct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open or fan out |
| Synonyms: | arrange, array, bloat, branch off, broaden, cast, circulate, coat, cover, daub, develop, diffuse, dilate, disperse, diverge, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, flatten, flow, gloss, increase, lay, lengthen, level, lie, multiply, mushroom, open, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate, reach, set, settle, smear, sprawl, spray, stretch, strew, suffuse, swell, unfold, unfurl, unroll, unwind, widen, be displayed, be distributed, even out, outstretch, roll out, uncoil, untwist |
| Antonyms: | close, collect, compress, gather |
| Main Entry: | wallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slosh around in |
| Synonyms: | blunder, flounder, immerse, lie, loll, lurch, reel, roll, sprawl, stagger, stumble, sway, toss, totter, tumble, wade, welter, bathe in, be immersed, get stuck, move around in, roll about, roll around in, splash around |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | couch, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, sleep, sprawl, turn in, be prone, be recumbent, be supine, go to bed, laze, lie down, siesta, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten, be upright |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust*, bump, collapse, collide, ditch, dive, drop, hurtle, lurch, meet, overturn, pancake*, pitch, plunge, slip, smash, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout*, crash-land, drive into, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in*, overbalance, plough into, prang, splash down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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