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toast - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | toast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salutation when drinking alcohol |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, compliment, down, drink, health, honor, pledge, proposal, salute, sentiment, tribute, shingle, thanksgiving |
| Main Entry: | toast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brown with heat |
| Synonyms: | cook, crisp, dry, grill, heat, parch, roast, warm |
| Main Entry: | brown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, burnished color |
| Synonyms: | amber, auburn, bay, beige, brick, bronze, buff, coffee, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, nut, rust, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, toast, bister, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, copper, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, ochre, puce, russet, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, umber |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, flatter |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, adulate, applaud, butter up*, cajole, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, commend, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, felicitate, glorify, hail, honor, laud, magnify, pat on the back, please, recommend, salute, sanction, satisfy, soothe, toast, worship, fawn upon, give bouquet, hand it to, ingratiate oneself with, kudize, make much of, panegyrize, pay respects, pay tribute to, puff up, roose, sing praises of, speak highly of, take off hat to, trade last, wish joy to |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, complain, criticize, denounce, insult, libel, slander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | congratulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment on achievement, luck |
| Synonyms: | applaud, bless, boost, felicitate, laud, praise, salute, stroke*, toast, give a big cigar, give bouquet, give regards, gold star, hand it to, hear it for, pat on back, rejoice with, wish happy returns, wish joy to, wish one well |
| Antonyms: | commiserate, criticize, harp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, devil, doctor*, fix, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke*, parch, percolate, poach, reduce, roast, ruin*, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, French fry, braise, decoct, deep fry, escallop, fricassee, panfry, parboil, pressure-cook, sauté, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beverage; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, booze*, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug*, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, toast, potation, thirst quencher |
| Antonyms: | food |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt*, booze*, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle*, hit the bottle*, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap*, nip*, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, sop, sponge, suck, swallow, swig, swill, thirst, tipple*, toast, liquor up*, partake of, slurp, soak up, sup, tank up, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become hot |
| Synonyms: | bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, chafe, char, fire, flame, flush, fry, glow, grill, ignite, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidize, perspire, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, singe, steam, sun, swelter, thaw, toast, warm, calorify, enflame, enkindle, frizzle, grow hot, grow warm, incandesce, oxidate, raise the temperature, reheat, set on fire, smelt, tepefy, warm up |
| Antonyms: | cool, freeze |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blight, brand, brown, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither, burn up, dry out, dry up, exsiccate |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | singe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, flame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torch |
| Main Entry: | warm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat up |
| Synonyms: | bake, chafe, cook, fix, heat, melt, microwave, prepare, thaw, toast, put on the fire, warm over, warm up |
| Antonyms: | chill, cool, freeze |
| Main Entry: | sitting duck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy target |
| Synonyms: | babe in the woods, pushover, soft touch, toast, vulnerable, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, easy victim, lamb, sinecure |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
| Synonyms: | bake, blaze, brand, broil, cauterize, char, cook, cremate, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither, be ablaze, calcine, combust, conflagrate, enkindle, reduce to ashes, set a match to |
| Antonyms: | cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | word of honor |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, covenant, guarantee, health, oath, promise, toast, undertaking, vow, warrant, word |
| Antonyms: | break |
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