by Damon Suede
AROUSE (→): abet, activate, aggravate, agitate, alert, anger, animate, annoy, bother, challenge, drive, encourage, energize, enrage, exasperate, excite, fan, ferment, fire, foment, gall, galvanize, goad, ignite, impassion, incite, incur, induce, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, kindle, madden, motivate, move, pique, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, raise, rev, sharpen, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, taunt, tease, trigger, upset, vex, warm, whet (≠ anesthetize, appease, bore, calm, deactivate, -ignore, leave, mellow, mollify, -overlook, pacify, placate, sedate, settle, soothe, subdue, tranquilize)
AROUSE (←): call, coax, conjure, educe, elicit, entice, evoke, excite, gain, galvanize, inspire, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, motivate, obtain, procure, provoke, raise, rouse, secure, summon, thrill, titillate (≠ daunt, demotivate, discourage, disgust, dismay, hamper, hamstring, hinder, inhibit, -prevent, repel, repulse, retard, stymie, suppress, threaten)
AROUSE (+): activate, agitate, animate, awaken, boost, charge, compel, disturb, dizzy, elate, electrify, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, force, galvanize, generate, goad, hasten, incite, incur, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, lift, mobilize, motivate, move, nerve, provoke, raise, rally, reinvigorate, revive, rouse, roust, rout, shock, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, uplift, urge, vitalize, vivify, wake, warm (≠ anesthetize, bore, calm, check, curb, dampen, daunt, deaden, demoralize, depress, discourage, dissuade, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, freeze, hamper, hypnotize, inhibit, lull, mellow, mesmerize, paralyze, petrify, quell, quench, quiet, repress, restrain, sap, sedate, slake, slow, stabilize, stem, still, stop, stunt, suppress, tantalize, tire, tranquilize, tucker, undermine, weaken, wear, weary, wither)
ARRANGE (+): adapt, adjust, align, alter, array, assign, broker, calibrate, catalog, categorize, class, classify, codify, contrive, coordinate, design, determine, devise, dispose, distribute, equalize, file, fix, frame, grade, group, hierarchize, juxtapose, level, list, manipulate, marshal, negotiate, order, organize, pace, plan, position, prepare, project, ready, regiment, regulate, resolve, script, settle, sift, slot, sort, systematize, tailor, tidy, transact, tune (≠ -abort, confuse, contest, counter, debate, derange, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, dispute, disrupt, half-ass, improvise, jumble, mess, muddle, muss, object, oppose, protest, repeal, -rescind, resist, revoke, rumple, scramble, upset)
ARREST (←): -abort, apprehend, bind, block, book, bridle, bust, capture, catch, check, collar, commit, confine, constrict, control, corner, delay, detain, disappear, dungeon, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, fetter, freeze, grab, -halt, handcuff, hinder, hogtie, hold, ice, immobilize, immure, impede, implicate, imprison, incarcerate, incriminate, inhibit, institutionalize, intern, interrupt, jail, keep, leash, nab, nail, nick, numb, obstruct, paralyze, pinch, restrain, retard, seize, shackle, shelve, slow, snaffle, snare, stall, stem, stop, stun, suppress, tether, trap, waylay, withhold (≠ accelerate, acquit, activate, aid, alibi, -avoid, bail, budge, catalyze, convict, discharge, dismiss, -dodge, drive, -duck, eject, emancipate, empower, encourage, -escape, exonerate, expedite, expel, -flee, free, frogmarch, goad, help, liberate, loosen, lose, march, move, permit, propel, push, quicken, release, rescue, save, send, spring, spur, stir, unchain, unfasten, unfetter, unlock, unshackle, untie, vindicate)
ARREST (←): absorb, amuse, assail, attract, captivate, capture, catch, charm, concern, consume, employ, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, entertain, fascinate, grip, hold, immerse, impress, interest, intrigue, involve, monopolize, obsess, occupy, possess, preoccupy, rivet, stimulate (≠ anger, annoy, bore, bother, confuse, daunt, deflect, -deter, dissuade, distract, exasperate, frustrate, irk, irritate, repel, repulse, vex, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ASSAIL (→): abuse, accost, affront, ambush, arrest, assault, attack, badmouth, barrage, bash, batter, belabor, belittle, berate, besiege, blackguard, blaspheme, blast, blindside, bombard, bother, browbeat, brutalize, bully, burn, bushwhack, castigate, challenge, charge, chastise, chide, choke, combat, criticize, cross-examine, curse, -cut, defame, disparage, excoriate, execrate, fight, flay, grill, hammer, harangue, harass, harry, hit, hound, imprecate, impugn, insult, interrogate, inundate, invade, kick, lambaste, lash, libel, lunge, malign, menace, outmaneuver, pelt, pound, probe, profane, question, raid, ram, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, revile, savage, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, slam, slander, slash, slur, sting, storm, strangle, strike, swamp, thrust, torment, traduce, trash, trounce, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, whip, wrong, zing (≠ aid, armor, befriend, bulwark, commend, compliment, defend, deflect, exonerate, guard, heal, help, maintain, praise, preserve, protect, rescue, resist, retort, safeguard, save, secure, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand)
ASSASSINATE (/): annihilate, behead, butcher, claim, croak, destroy, dispatch, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, fell, guillotine, kill, liquidate, massacre, murder, orphan, shoot, slaughter, slay, smite, snipe, terminate, whack, zap (≠ animate, armor, defend, deflect, guard, protect, raise, reinvigorate, rescue, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, save, secure, shelter, shield, survive, weather)
ASSAULT (/): abuse, accost, advance, ambush, assail, attack, barrage, bash, batter, beleaguer, beset, besiege, bite, blast, blindside, blitz, bomb, bombard, bruise, brutalize, buffet, bully, bum-rush, burn, bushwhack, cannon, challenge, charge, choke, club, combat, cut, damage, deck, defile, disfigure, envelop, fight, flank, harm, harry, hit, impugn, invade, jump, kick, loot, menace, mob, molest, mug, nuke, overrun, pillage, plaster, plunder, press, punch, raid, rape, ravage, rob, ruin, rush, sack, sandbag, savage, slam, slice, storm, strangle, strike, surprise, swarm, trash, victimize, violate, waylay, wrong, zap (≠ -avoid, bandage, cover, defend, deflect, -dodge, -elude, -escape, -evade, guard, heal, mend, nourish, nurse, nurture, pity, protect, repel, safeguard, secure, sentinel, shield, -sidestep, -thwart, withdraw)
ASSEMBLE (+): begin, brew, build, carpenter, coin, collate, combine, compile, compose, conceive, concoct, connect, construct, contrive, cook, craft, create, design, devise, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, fit, forge, form, found, frame, generate, hammer, handcraft, imagine, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, invent, jerry-rig, join, machine, make, manufacture, model, mold, organize, originate, piece, prefabricate, produce, raise, rear, reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, regiment, retrofit, sculpt, shape, stitch, suture, unite, weld (≠ atomize, break, crack, demolish, destroy, detach, devastate, disassemble, disconnect, disjoin, dismantle, dismember, disunite, divide, explode, flatten, fracture, level, pulverize, raze, ruin, separate, shatter, smash, split, strike, topple, wreck)
ASSERT (→): accept, acknowledge, adjure, admit, affirm, approve, assure, attest, avow, belabor, certify, circulate, claim, confess, contend, corroborate, declare, demand, document, emphasize, endorse, entreat, evince, expect, express, hold, importune, maintain, order, overemphasize, pledge, postulate, press, proclaim, profess, promise, pronounce, ratify, reinforce, reiterate, repeat, request, require, state, stipulate, stress, submit, suggest, support, sustain, swear, testify, underline, urge, validate, verbalize, verify, vocalize, voice, vow, warrant (≠ accord, allow, brook, challenge, conceal, counter, debate, debunk, -deny, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, endure, forget, gainsay, hide, -ignore, impugn, invalidate, minimize, -negate, prove, question, rebut, -reject, retort, retract, scruple, suspect, tolerate, underemphasize, understate) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ASSESS (←): adjudge, analyze, appraise, apprise, ascertain, assay, audition, benchmark, beta, calculate, caliper, categorize, check, clock, compare, compute, conclude, connect, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, critique, decide, deduce, detect, determine, discover, distill, educe, estimate, evaluate, examine, explore, eye, eyeball, gauge, grade, guess, guesstimate, inspect, investigate, judge, learn, measure, monetize, observe, ogle, peg, peruse, price, prioritize, prize, probe, prowl, rank, rate, read, reckon, reevaluate, regard, sample, scan, scope, scr
utinize, search, set, settle, sift, study, subdivide, survey, suss, test, time, triangulate, valuate, value, watch, weigh (≠ accept, addle, assume, baffle, blind, blindfold, -bypass, confound, confuse, convince, deceive, disguise, -disregard, excuse, fake, forgive, fudge, -ignore, mask, miscalculate, misgauge, misjudge, mislead, misprize, miss, mistake, muddle, mystify, -neglect, overestimate, -overlook, pass, perplex, predetermine, pretend, puzzle, -shirk, trick, underestimate, undervalue)
ASSESS (←): bleed, charge, coerce, compel, dock, exact, excise, extort, fine, fleece, force, gouge, impose, inflict, lay, levy, milk, mulct, penalize, skin, squeeze, tax, wreak, wrest, wring (≠ abate, compensate, condone, diminish, -disregard, excuse, forgive, gloss, -ignore, indemnify, lessen, overpay, pardon, pay, release, remit, spare, stiff, tithe, underpay)
ASSIGN (→): accord, administer, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, award, bestow, budget, chunk, contribute, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, dole, donate, earmark, give, grant, measure, mete, meter, parcel, part, portion, prorate, ration, reallocate, reassign, redistribute, reserve, share, sort, split, stock, supply, tender, tithe (≠ appropriate, arrogate, begrudge, confiscate, -deny, deprive, grab, keep, remove, retain, skimp, snatch, starve, steal, stint, take, withhold)
ASSIGN (→): bequeath, bestow, cede, commend, commit, confer, consign, contribute, convey, deed, deliver, donate, entrust, grant, hand, lease, leave, lend, loan, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, rent, surrender, transfer, transmit, trust, vest, will, yield (≠ borrow, commandeer, confiscate, dragoon, filch, grab, harvest, mooch, poach, select, snaffle, snag, steal, swipe, take)
ASSIGN (+): allocate, allot, anoint, appoint, attach, authorize, charge, choose, commission, commit, confer, consecrate, consign, create, crown, delegate, deputize, designate, detail, determine, draft, elect, empower, enthrone, entrust, fix, garrison, handpick, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, name, nominate, ordain, place, prioritize, rank, recommend, relegate, select, set, sideline, specify, station, stipulate, task, throne, trust (≠ blackball, boot, -deny, depose, dethrone, discharge, dismiss, displace, eject, evict, expel, fire, hold, -ignore, keep, -neglect, oust, overthrow, -refuse, -reject, remove, retract, ruin, sack, unseat, wreck)
ASSIMILATE (←): absorb, acclimatize, accommodate, acculturate, accustom, adapt, adjust, amalgamate, blend, calibrate, combine, commingle, condition, coopt, digest, embody, enculturate, equalize, fuse, grasp, habituate, hybridize, imbibe, incorporate, integrate, intermingle, internalize, learn, merge, mingle, mix, naturalize, reunite, synthesize, unite (≠ contrast, denaturalize, detach, -deter, diffuse, -disregard, disseminate, dissolve, divide, divorce, -exclude, isolate, juxtapose, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, misunderstand, -omit, orphan, oust, -reject, scatter, seclude, separate, sever, split, -spurn)
ASSIST (+): abet, advocate, aid, allot, attend, award, back, bankroll, benefit, bequeath, bestow, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, comp, condone, deliver, donate, ease, encourage, endorse, endow, energize, expedite, facilitate, favor, foster, fund, furnish, further, give, grant, help, hype, inspire, kindle, lavish, lend, midwife, mother, motivate, nurse, offer, outlay, overpay, patronize, pay, pledge, plug, promote, provide, provoke, push, reinforce, relieve, rescue, sanction, save, second, serve, share, simplify, spur, strengthen, supply, support, sustain, tend, tender, tithe, underwrite, uphold, volunteer (≠ -abort, -balk, bar, block, confound, constrain, counteract, cripple, damage, delay, demotivate, denounce, -desert, -deter, discourage, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disinherit, -disown, dissuade, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, impede, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, injure, monkey-wrench, muzzle, obstruct, oppose, pause, -prevent, protest, resist, restrain, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, short-circuit, stem, stifle, stop, stump, stymie, subvert, -thwart, undermine, underpay)
ASSUAGE (+): abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, amend, appease, better, calm, candy-coat, comfort, compose, console, cool, correct, cradle, cure, dulcify, ease, emend, enhance, enrich, fix, heal, help, improve, lessen, lighten, lower, lubricate, lull, mellow, mend, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, perfect, placate, propitiate, quench, quiet, realign, rectify, reduce, refine, reform, relax, relieve, remedy, repair, right, sate, satisfy, slake, soften, soothe, still, sugarcoat, sweeten, syrup, temper, tranquilize (≠ aggravate, bother, bug, daunt, deepen, disturb, exacerbate, harm, heighten, hurt, impair, increase, injure, intensify, irk, menace, sharpen, tantalize, threaten, traumatize, trouble, victimize, worsen)
ASSUME (←): accept, acquire, add, adopt, amass, annex, appropriate, arrogate, bag, bear, buy, capture, catch, claim, collect, commandeer, corner, embrace, fetch, garner, get, harvest, heap, incur, land, lure, net, obtain, palm, pocket, preempt, procure, reap, receive, reclaim, recoup, recover, recycle, redeem, rescue, retrieve, salvage, scavenge, score, secure, seize, select, shoulder, take, undertake, usurp, win, wrangle (≠ -abandon, abnegate, -avoid, blackball, -bypass, cede, -decline, deflect, -deny, detour, disavow, disclaim, -disown, -disregard, expel, -forsake, jettison, -refuse, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, resign, shield, -shirk, -spurn, surrender)
ASSUME (←): accept, adopt, affirm, allege, anticipate, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assert, avow, await, believe, claim, conceive, conclude, conjecture, contemplate, contend, credit, daydream, declare, deduce, desire, destine, dread, dream, embrace, envisage, envision, expect, fancy, figure, foresee, gather, generalize, guess, hold, hope, hypothesize, imagine, infer, insist, intend, judge, maintain, perceive, postulate, preempt, premise, presume, presuppose, profess, reckon, spitball, suppose, surmise, suspect, swallow, take, theorize, trust, understand, universalize, want, wish (≠ ascertain, belie, cede, challenge, confute, consult, convince, cross-examine, debate, demonstrate, -deny, detect, determine, disavow, disbelieve, disclaim, -discount, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, -disregard, distrust, document, doubt, establish, exorcise, expel, grill, impugn, interrogate, interview, invalidate, jettison, learn, mistrust, -overlook, prove, question, rebut, -refuse, refute, -reject, -renounce, -repudiate, scruple, substantiate, validate, wonder) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ASSURE (+): allay, alleviate, assuage, boost, buoy, calm, cheer, comfort, console, convince, elevate, embolden, encourage, hearten, lift, mellow, persuade, quiet, reassure, relax, relieve, sell, solace, soothe, tranquilize, uplift (≠ aggravate, anguish, annoy, demoralize, demotivate, -deter, discourage, dishearten, distress, fret, harass, intensify, irk, irritate, pester, torment, torture, trouble, upset, worry, worsen)
ASSURE (+): affirm, attest, certify, cinch, clinch, complete, confirm, crosscheck, ensure, guarantee, ice, indemnify, insure, lock, pledge, promise, prove, seal, secure, set, settle, stabilize, swear, verify, vow, warrant, witness (≠ allege, cripple, daunt, debate, enfeeble, menace, panic, sabotage, scotch, scupper, subvert, threaten, undermine, weaken)
ASTONISH (→): amaze, astound, baffle, befuddle, bewilder, boggle, confound, confuse, daze, dazzle, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, dumbfound, electrify, excite, flabbergast, floor, flummox, gobsmack, jar, jolt, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, razzle-dazzle, rock, shake, shock, stagger, startle, stimulate, stir, strike, stun, stupefy, surprise, wow (≠ abate, anesthetize, annoy, -balk, bore, bother, buffer, bug, calm, clarify, cushion, dampen, deaden, depress, disappoint, disenchant, dull, ease, elucidate, exhaust, explain, irk, irritate, lull, mellow, muffle, nag, needle, nettle, normalize, numb, pacify, sedate, solve, tire, tranquilize, underwhelm, vex, weary, worry)
ATTACH (+): add, adhere, affix, annex, batten, bind, bolt, button, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clip, connect, couple, fasten, fix, glue, hang, harness, join, lace, lash, latch, link, nail, paste, pin, plaster, rivet, screw, secure, shackle, staple, stick, strap, tack, tackle, tie, toggle, unite, weld, yoke (≠ break, cut, detach, disconnect, divide, eject, jettison, part, release, separate, sever, split, sunder)
ATTACK (→): address, approach, begin, brave, commence, face, pursue, star
t, tackle, undertake (≠ -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, -elude, -evade, forget, misplace, -neglect, -overlook, pass, poke, -shirk, -shun, skirt)
ATTACK (→): advance, ambush, assail, assault, barrage, bash, bat, batter, battle, bean, beat, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blast, blindside, blister, blitz, bomb, bombard, boot, box, brain, brutalize, buffet, bum-rush, burn, bushwhack, bust, charge, choke, chop, clip, clobber, clock, clout, club, combat, cut, damage, deck, disfigure, drub, envelop, fight, flank, harm, harry, hit, hurt, infest, infiltrate, injure, invade, jump, kick, lash, loot, maul, menace, mob, molest, mortar, mug, nuke, overrun, overwhelm, persecute, pillage, plunder, press, punch, raid, ram, ravage, rob, rush, sack, sandbag, savage, shank, shiv, slice, stab, steamroller, storm, strangle, strike, surprise, swarm, tackle, terrorize, thrash, threaten, thump, victimize, wallop, waylay, whack, whip, wrestle, wrong, zap (≠ aid, armor, arrest, assist, -avoid, barricade, befriend, block, blockade, counterattack, cover, defend, deflect, -evade, guard, heal, help, maintain, pity, protect, rescue, resist, safeguard, secure, sentinel, shelter, shield, -shun, surrender, withstand)
ATTACK (/): abuse, accost, affront, assail, badmouth, bash, belabor, belittle, berate, blackguard, blame, blaspheme, blast, blitz, boo, browbeat, bully, castigate, censure, challenge, charge, chastise, chide, criticize, curse, defame, demean, demonize, denounce, disparage, excoriate, execrate, fault, frame, fulminate, harangue, harass, harry, imprecate, impugn, indict, insult, knock, lambaste, lampoon, libel, malign, pillory, profane, rebuke, refute, reprimand, reprove, resent, revile, ridicule, roast, rubbish, savage, scapegoat, scathe, scold, -scorn, slam, slander, slate, slur, traduce, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, whip, wrong (≠ acclaim, applaud, approve, commend, compliment, counter, defend, elevate, endorse, extol, hail, idolize, laud, praise, protect, respect, retort, revere, sanction, support, uphold, venerate, vindicate, withstand)