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| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk falteringly |
| Synonyms: | alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, wobble, zigzag, titubate, whiffle |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, boggle, bowl over*, confound, devastate, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, nonplus, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, puzzle, shake, shatter, startle, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, consternate, give a shock, strike dumb, take aback, take breath away, throw off balance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astonish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over*, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, knock over*, overwhelm, put one away, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bewilder, bowl over*, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, blow away, knock over with feather, take aback |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | astound, bewilder, blind, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun |
| Main Entry: | bowl over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, stagger, startle, stun, surprise |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, addle, befog, fuddle |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | dodder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake |
| Synonyms: | quiver, shiver, shudder, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, wobble |
| Main Entry: | dumbfound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, confuse |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over*, confound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, explicate, lay out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | electrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrill, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire* |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | falter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble, stutter |
| Synonyms: | break, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw*, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, stagger, stammer, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, vacillate, waver, wobble, be undecided, bobble, drop the ball, speak haltingly, stub toe, trip up, whiffle |
| Antonyms: | continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along; turn out |
| Synonyms: | advance, do, get by, get on, go, handle, happen, hie, journey, make out, manage, muddle through, pass, proceed, progress, prosper, prove, shift, stagger, make headway |
| Main Entry: | flabbergast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | abash, amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over*, confound, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, nonplus, overcome, overwhelm, put away*, shock, stagger, stun, throw, blow away, make speechless, throw for a loop |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise; push suddenly |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bowl over*, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, floor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, lay out*, perturb, rock, shake, shake up*, shock, shove, stagger, start, startle, stun, upset, knock over*, spring something on, throw a curve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move slowly; delay |
| Synonyms: | be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally*, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane |
| Antonyms: | run, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with faltering step |
| Synonyms: | clump, dodder, falter, flag, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, gimp, scuff, shamble, walk lamely |
| Main Entry: | lurch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move toward with jerk |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw, move to the side |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | nonplus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, perplex |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, baffle, balk, beat, bewilder, boggle, buffalo, confound, daze, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, floor*, flurry, fluster, frustrate, get*, mess with one's head, muddle, mystify, overcome, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle one's cage, stagger, stick, stump, stun, stymie*, take aback, throw into tizzy, throw*, thwart |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain |
* = 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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