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| Main Entry: | annex |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join or add |
| Synonyms: | adjoin, affix, append, appropriate, associate, attach, connect, fasten, link, tag, take on, unite, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, slap on, subjoin, tack on, tag on, take over |
| Antonyms: | detach, leave off, leave out |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, expropriate, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, preempt, sequester, swipe, take, usurp, accroach, confisticate, glom on to, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, sequestrate, take over |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | co-opt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate |
| Synonyms: | absorb, accept, admit, adopt, bring in, bring into line, bring into the fold, connaturalize, convert, draw in, elect, embrace, encompass, enfold, homogenize, homologize, include, incorporate, make one's own, take in, take over |
| Main Entry: | enterprising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resourceful, energetic |
| Synonyms: | active, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go-ahead*, hardworking, hungry, hustling, industrious, intrepid, keen, lively, peppy, progressive, pushing, ready, snappy, spanking, spark plug, spirited, stirring, up-and-coming*, venturesome, vigorous, yearning, zealous, zippy*, advancing, coming on strong, go-go, gumptious, hard ball, itching, lusting, self-starting, take-over |
| Antonyms: | inactive, passive, unimaginative, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unresourceful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, accroach, deprive of property, take over |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, distribute, give |
| Main Entry: | forceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
| Synonyms: | cogent, commanding, compelling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, electric, elemental, energetic, forcible, gutsy*, mighty, persuasive, pithy, potent, punch, punchy*, steamroller, stringent, strong, telling, titanic, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, weighty, ball of fire, bullish, coming on strong, constraining, powerhouse, puissant, take-charge, take-over |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | feeble, impotent, ineffective, meek, weak, unforceful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inherit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain as possession from someone's death |
| Synonyms: | accede, acquire, come in for, derive, get, obtain, receive, succeed, be bequeathed, be granted, be left, come into, fall heir, take over |
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
| Synonyms: | absorb, acquire, consume, corner, devour, employ, engross, exclude, have, hog*, hold, manage, own, patent, possess, restrain, syndicate, take up, use, utilize, bogart, copyright, corner the market, exercise control, keep to oneself, lock up, own exclusively, sew up, sit on*, take over |
| Antonyms: | distribute, scatter, share |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have or obtain |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bear, carry, control, corner*, dominate, enjoy, grab, hog*, hold, maintain, occupy, own, retain, seize, be blessed with, be born with, be endowed with, corner the market, get hands on, get hold of, have to name, latch on to, lock up, sit on, take over, take possession |
| Antonyms: | dispossess, lose, miss, not have |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; put in place of |
| Synonyms: | alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, mend, oust, patch, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restore, retrieve, ring, shift, sub*, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, front for, give back, outplace, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, restitute, ring in, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, swap places, take out, take over, take over from |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | steer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide, direct on a course |
| Synonyms: | be in the driver's seat, beacon, captain, conduct, control, drive, escort, govern, head for, helm, herd, lead, pilot, point, route, run, run things, see, shepherd, show, skipper*, take over, take the helm, take the reins |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interchange, exchange |
| Synonyms: | act for, alternate, answer for, back up, be in place of, change, commute, cover for, deputize, displace, do the work of, double for, fill in for, fill one's position, go as, proxy, relieve, replace, serve in one's stead, spell, stand for, stand in for, sub*, supersede, supplant, swap, swap places with, switch, take another's place, take over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supersede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; override |
| Synonyms: | abandon, annul, desert, discard, displace, forsake, oust, overrule, reject, remove, replace, repudiate, succeed, supplant, supplement, suspend, usurp, outmode, outplace, set aside, take over |
| Antonyms: | accept, lower, submit |
| Main Entry: | supplant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace, replace |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, fill in, force, oust, overthrow, remove, ring, substitute, succeed, supersede, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp, cast out, force out, front for, outplace, ring in, sit in, stand in, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of |
| Main Entry: | vigorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, powerful |
| Synonyms: | active, athletic, brisk, dashing, driving, dynamic, effective, efficient, enterprising, exuberant, flourishing, forceful, forcible, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, intense, lively, lusty, mettlesome, peppy, persuasive, potent, robust, rugged, snappy, sound, spanking, spirited, steamroller, strapping, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tough, vital, zealous, zippy*, ball of fire, bouncing, hard-driving, red-blooded*, strong as an ox, take-charge, take-over |
| Antonyms: | enervated, idle, impotent, inactive, lethargic, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take up, tap, use, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take over |
| Antonyms: | disown, reject, repudiate, repulse, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in charge, control |
| Synonyms: | administer, advocate, boss, call the shots*, captain, carry on, command, concert, conduct, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, dominate, engineer, execute, govern, guide, handle, head, influence, instruct, maintain, manipulate, minister, officiate, operate, oversee, pilot, ply, preside, regulate, request, rule, run, steer, superintend, supervise, train, use, watch, wield, call upon, care for, engage in, hold down*, run the show, take care of, take over, take the helm, watch over |
| Antonyms: | bumble, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | govern, manage |
| Synonyms: | administer, be in authority, be in driver's seat, be in power, bridle, command, conduct, control, crack the whip, curb, decree, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, guide, hold sway, hold the reins, keep under one's thumb, lay down the law, lead, order, overrule, predominate, preponderate, preside, prevail, regulate, reign, restrain, rule the roost*, run, run the show, sit on top of, sway, take over |
| Antonyms: | serve, submit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | annex, borrow, clap*, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, grab, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe*, usurp, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab hold of, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, bestow, give, return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take, undertake |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, begin, confiscate, don, embrace, enter upon, seize, take on, take up, attend to, embark upon, set about, take over |
| Antonyms: | not do |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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