| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasing entity or occurrence |
Synonyms: |
amusement, banquet, celebration, dainty, delicacy, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, feast, fun, gift, goody, gratification, joy, party, pleasure, refreshment, satisfaction, surprise, sweet, thrill, tidbit |
Antonyms: |
bad fortune |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave towards |
Synonyms: |
account, act with regard to, appraise, conduct, conduct oneself toward, consider, deal with*, employ, estimate, evaluate, handle, have business with, have recourse to, have to do with, hold, look upon, manage, negotiate, play, rate, react toward, regard, respect, serve, take, use, value, wield |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doctor, medicate |
Synonyms: |
administer, apply treatment, attend, care for, cure, dose, dress, heal, medicament, minister to, nurse, operate, prescribe |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay the bill for someone else |
Synonyms: |
amuse, blow, buy for, divert, entertain, escort, feast, foot the bill, give, indulge, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, play host, provide, regale, satisfy, set up, spring for, stake, stand*, take out, wine and dine |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be concerned with; discuss |
Synonyms: |
advise, approach, arrange, comment, confabulate, confer, consider, consult, contain, criticize, deal with, deliberate, discourse on, enlarge upon, explain, go into, interpret, manipulate, reason, review, speak about, study, tackle, talk about, think, touch upon, weigh, write about |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | banquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal dinner, usually ceremonial |
Synonyms: |
feast, festivity, fete, meal, reception, regale, repast, spread, treat |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
Synonyms: |
advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap, gab, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
| Main Entry: | consult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, confer |
Synonyms: |
argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heal, ease bad situation |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey, correct, doctor, dose, dress, dry out, help, improve, kick, kick the habit, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, mend, minister to, nurse, palliate, quit cold, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, restore to health, right, shake, sweat it out, treat |
Antonyms: |
depress, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do business |
Synonyms: |
bargain, barter, bicker, buy and sell, dicker, hammer out deal, handle, horse trade, knock down price, negotiate, sell, stock, swap, trade, traffic, treat, work out deal |
Antonyms: |
deny, refuse |