| Main Entry: | unload |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off; empty |
Synonyms: |
break bulk, cast, clear out, disburden, discharge, discommode, disencumber, disgorge, dump, get rid of, jettison, lighten, off-load, relieve, remove, rid, slough, take a load off, unburden, unlade, unpack, void |
Antonyms: |
fill, load, put on |
| Main Entry: | unloaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | removed |
Synonyms: |
taken out, uncrated, unpacked, unwrapped |
Antonyms: |
loaded |
| Main Entry: | unloaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty |
Synonyms: |
vacated, void |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe |
Antonyms: |
clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | confess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit, confirm |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on, evince, finger*, fink, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let on, level with, make clean breast of, manifest, narrate, open one's heart, own, own up, post, profess, prove, rat on, recognize, relate, reveal, sing*, snitch, sound off, spill the beans, spit out, squeal, tip hand, unload, vent, weasel |
Antonyms: |
conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absolve, ax, boot out, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, freeze out, give one notice, kick out, lay off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out, nix, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload |
Antonyms: |
assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire |
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw away |
Synonyms: |
adios, bestow, chuck, deep six, destroy, discard, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, file in circular file, get rid of, give, jettison, junk*, kiss off, kiss*, make over, part with, relinquish, scrap, sell, transfer, unload |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | divest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispossess; take off |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denudate, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch*, doff, dump, eighty-six, lose, milk, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, take from, unclothe, uncover, undress, unload |
Antonyms: |
clothe, cover, invest, possess, take |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go of; fall |
Synonyms: |
abandon, bring down, cave in, collapse, decline, depress, descend, dive, duck, dump, fell, floor, flop, give up, go down, ground, keel over, knock, loosen, lower, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plump, plunge, release, relinquish, shed, shoot, sink, slide, slip, slump, topple, tumble, unload |
Antonyms: |
ascend, mount, rise, take up |
| Main Entry: | drop off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver |
Synonyms: |
deposit, give, hand over, leave, let off, present, set down, unload |
Antonyms: |
receive, take away |