by Damon Suede
ATTAIN (←): accomplish, accrue, accumulate, achieve, acquire, actualize, add, aggregate, annex, ascend, augment, complete, consummate, crest, dominate, earn, effect, find, fulfill, gain, get, grasp, hit, increase, net, obtain, overcome, procure, reach, realize, secure, stockpile, surmount, tally, touch, win (≠ -abandon, bestow, comp, -desert, endow, fail, forfeit, forget, give, grant, -ignore, leave, lose, miss, -neglect, offer, relinquish, -renounce, sacrifice, spend, supply, surrender, yield)
ATTEND (→): accompany, bring, chaperone, conduct, convoy, defend, escort, follow, guard, guide, lead, pilot, protect, see, serve, shadow, squire, steer, tag, tail, usher, walk (≠ -abandon, betray, cheat, -desert, -ditch, dump, -forsake, kill, -scorn, wrong)
ATTEND (←): analyze, appraise, assess, bear, categorize, check, clock, consider, contemplate, critique, deconstruct, dissect, esteem, examine, eye, follow, hear, heed, honor, inspect, mark, mind, note, notice, obey, observe, ogle, peruse, read, regard, scan, scope, scrutinize, study, surveil, survey, watch, weigh (≠ -abandon, blind, blindfold, confuse, deceive, -desert, -discount, -disregard, -forsake, fudge, -ignore, maroon, misjudge, miss, mistake, -neglect, -overlook, perplex, -shirk, -sidestep, trick)
ATTEST (+): accept, acknowledge, adduce, admit, affirm, allege, approve, assert, assure, authenticate, avow, certify, claim, concretize, confess, confirm, connote, contend, convince, corroborate, crosscheck, declare, demonstrate, depose, determine, display, document, endorse, ensure, establish, evince, exemplify, exhibit, express, forswear, guarantee, illustrate, maintain, manifest, observe, pledge, proclaim, profess, promise, pronounce, prove, ratify, show, state, submit, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, validate, verbalize, verify, vocalize, vow, warrant, witness (≠ belie, challenge, conceal, confound, consult, contest, contradict, cover, cross-examine, debate, debunk, deceive, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, falsify, gainsay, grill, hide, impugn, interrogate, interview, invalidate, oppose, question, rebut, -refuse, refute, -reject, -repudiate, scruple, -veto)
ATTRACT (←): bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, candy-coat, captivate, charm, court, delight, drag, draw, enamor, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, impress, incline, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, lasso, lure, pull, razzle-dazzle, rivet, rope, score, seduce, send, solicit, spellbind, steer, tempt, thrill, titillate, vamp, win, woo, wow (≠ annoy, block, bore, caution, chill, damp, demotivate, -deter, discourage, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, nag, niggle, nitpick, offend, -prevent, -refuse, -reject, release, repel, repulse, revolt, -shun, warn, weary)
ATTUNE (+): acclimate, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, align, arrange, assimilate, balance, blend, calibrate, center, combine, connect, coordinate, correlate, counterbalance, dovetail, equalize, even, familiarize, fit, fix, fuse, habituate, harmonize, incorporate, integrate, internalize, join, key, match, merge, orchestrate, order, pace, pair, personalize, proportion, reconcile, regulate, square, standardize, suit, synchronize, synthesize, time, tune, unify, unite, unskew (≠ alienate, confuse, disaffect, disarrange, disarray, discard, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, estrange, mismatch, muzzle, -omit, -refuse, -reject, skew, stifle, upset)
AUCTION (→): barter, commodify, exchange, flog, hawk, leverage, market, monetize, offer, peddle, sell, stock, tout, trade, traffic (≠ bid, buy, hoard, hold, import, keep, outbid, preserve, proposition, purchase, retain)
AUDIT (←): analyze, ascertain, assess, assure, balance, benchmark, calculate, categorize, certify, check, classify, comb, compare, confirm, connect, contrast, correlate, deduce, demonstrate, determine, diagnose, dissect, distill, double-check, establish, estimate, evaluate, examine, explore, eyeball, grade, inspect, investigate, monitor, notice, observe, ogle, oversee, parse, peruse, plumb, probe, prove, rank, read, reference, reinvestigate, research, review, scan, scope, scrutinize, sift, study, subdivide, substantiate, survey, tally, test, verify, view, watch, weigh (≠ accept, addle, assume, baffle, -blank, blind, blindfold, cheat, confound, confuse, declare, -disregard, embezzle, estimate, falsify, forget, fudge, hocus-pocus, -ignore, mask, misconstrue, misdiagnose, misjudge, mislead, miss, mystify, -neglect, -overlook, overvalue, perplex, puzzle, scam, skim, swindle, undervalue)
AUDITION (←): adjudge, analyze, appraise, ascertain, assess, benchmark, categorize, check, clock, compare, consider, critique, determine, evaluate, examine, eyeball, filter, gauge, heed, inspect, interview, investigate, judge, measure, peg, peruse, prioritize, prove, rank, rate, reevaluate, sample, screen, scrutinize, sift, sort, study, survey, test, verify, vet, watch, weigh (≠ accept, contract, cull, discard, -discount, -disregard, eject, embrace, hire, -ignore, miss, overestimate, -overlook, pass, -refuse, -reject, skip, underestimate)
AUGMENT (+): accelerate, accumulate, add, aggrandize, amass, amplify, beef, bolster, boost, broaden, build, bump, buttress, catalyze, collect, complement, compound, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, elaborate, elevate, elongate, encourage, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exacerbate, exaggerate, expand, extend, feed, fill, flavor, foster, fuel, grow, heighten, heroicize, heroize, hike, hype, increase, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, marinate, maximize, modify, multiply, optimize, overdramatize, overhaul, pad, poeticize, prolong, protract, provoke, pump, pyramid, raise, ratchet, reinforce, rile, romanticize, season, sentimentalize, spice, spike, strengthen, stretch, supersize, supplement, sweeten, swell, treble, triple, up, widen (≠ abate, abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, lessen, lower, minimize, moderate, pare, prune, rarefy, reduce, remove, shave, shear, shorten, shrink, stunt, subtract, suppress, trim, truncate, weaken)
AUGUR (←): alert, anticipate, await, caution, detect, determine, divine, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, harbinger, herald, infer, outguess, portend, predetermine, predict, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read, signify, soothsay, warn (≠ calculate, establish, guess, investigate, lament, narrate, prove, recount, regret, relate, report, suspect, suss)
AUTHENTICATE (+): accredit, affirm, argue, assert, attest, authorize, avow, buttress, certify, confirm, convince, corroborate, crosscheck, declare, demonstrate, document, endorse, ensure, establish, guarantee, justify, notarize, profess, prove, ratify, reinforce, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate, warrant, witness (≠ challenge, consult, contest, contradict, cross-examine, debate, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, forge, gainsay, grill, interrogate, interview, invalidate, question, rebut, refute, scruple)
AUTHORIZE (+): accept, accord, affirm, allow, appoint, approve, assign, authenticate, back, bless, certify, charge, commission, confirm, consign, corroborate, countenance, countersign, delegate, deputize, designate, empower, enable, endorse, enforce, enfranchise, entitle, entrust, favor, franchise, greenlight, legalize, legitimize, license, mandate, name, notarize, okay, ordain, permit, qualify, ratify, sanction, support, task, tolerate, underwrite, validate, warrant (≠ -abort, ban, bar, block, constrain, criminalize, delegitimize, -deny, discourage, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disqualify, -exclude, fight, -forbid, hinder, impede, invalidate, obstruct, -omit, oppose, oust, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, -rebuff, rebut, -refuse, -reject, -spurn, stop, -veto)
AUTOMATE (+): arm, assemble, centralize, computerize, depersonalize, design, develop, engineer, equip, expedite, improve, industrialize, invent, mechanize, modernize, motorize, power, program, remodel, reprogram, revolutionize, rig, streamline, systematize, update, upgrade (≠ adapt, alter, break, customize, damage, -halt, hobble, humanize, hurt, modify, personalize, retain, ruin, stall, tailor, wreck)
AVENGE (/): castigate, chasten, chastise, compensate, correct, crucify, defend, discipline, even, exact, exonerate, fix, get, incriminate, justify, lynch, match, penalize, persecute, punish, recompense, rectify, redress, repay, retort, return, revenge, right, scourge, square, torment, torture, vindicate, wreak (≠ absolve, brook,
comfort, condone, -disregard, encourage, excuse, forgive, pardon, permit, remit, spare, stomach, tolerate)
-AVERT (→): -abort, anticipate, arrest, -avoid, baffle, -balk, bar, block, check, checkmate, -circumvent, counteract, counterbalance, deflect, -deter, divert, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, foil, -forbid, forestall, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, interrupt, -negate, neutralize, -nullify, obstruct, -obviate, occlude, offset, override, parry, pause, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, retard, save, shake, -shirk, short-circuit, -shun, shunt, stall, stem, stop, stymie, -thwart, turn, ward (≠ abet, accelerate, advance, aid, allow, assist, await, brainstorm, catalyze, cultivate, ease, educe, enable, encourage, facilitate, forward, foster, further, instigate, leave, let, nurture, permit, promote, smooth, spark, spur, unclog)
-AVOID (→): -avert, -balk, ban, bar, -blank, -boycott, -bypass, -circumvent, -decline, deflect, detour, -disregard, divert, -dodge, -duck, eliminate, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -exclude, finesse, -flee, foil, fox, -frustrate, miss, -neglect, -obviate, -omit, -ostracize, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, override, parry, -preclude, -prevent, shake, -shirk, -shun, -sidestep, skirt, -thwart, ward (≠ accept, arrest, buttonhole, catch, chase, claim, contact, contract, court, discover, embrace, engage, explore, find, grab, hold, hunt, include, incur, invite, prowl, pursue, seek, stalk, stop, waylay, welcome, woo)
AWARD (→): accord, allocate, allot, allow, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, bequeath, bestow, comp, concede, confer, contribute, decorate, decree, designate, determine, dispense, distribute, dole, donate, dower, dub, endow, enrich, extend, fix, furnish, gift, give, grant, name, offer, outlay, overpay, present, proffer, provide, render, reward, set, show, spare, supply, tender, tithe, vest, volunteer, will, yield (≠ -abort, abrogate, annul, call, claim, debit, drop, earn, grab, invalidate, merit, -nullify, quash, recall, recant, recover, repeal, -rescind, retract, revoke, snag, steal, swipe, take, tax, underpay, -veto, -void, withdraw, withhold)
AWARD (+): acclaim, aggrandize, applaud, cite, commend, compensate, compliment, congratulate, decorate, elevate, hail, honor, lionize, magnify, pay, praise, promote, raise, recompense, refund, reimburse, remember, repay, reward, salute, tithe, tout (≠ abash, boo, chastise, confound, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, embarrass, forget, humble, humiliate, -ignore, mortify, -neglect, -overlook, punish, rebuke, ridicule, shame, withhold)
AXE (→): amputate, butcher, carve, chop, cleave, cut, dismember, divide, fell, gash, hack, halve, hew, incise, rend, rip, rive, saw, scissor, separate, sever, slam, slash, slice, slit, smite, split, sunder (≠ affix, attach, bind, fasten, fuse, glue, grow, join, meld, mend, merge, patch, repair, seal, secure, sew, stitch, suture, unite, weld)
AXE (/): abolish, boot, bounce, can, -cancel, cashier, chuck, discharge, dismiss, downsize, eliminate, expel, fire, furlough, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, scrap, separate, terminate, trim, unseat, withdraw (≠ brainstorm, contract, draft, employ, engage, enlist, hire, keep, place, promote, recruit, retain, save, select, sign, subcontract)
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BABY (+): accommodate, appease, assuage, buffer, calm, cherish, cocoon, coddle, content, cosset, cradle, cuddle, cultivate, cushion, dandle, delight, ease, encourage, featherbed, fondle, foster, gladden, gratify, guide, humor, indulge, infantilize, lull, mellow, mollify, mollycoddle, mother, nurse, nurture, nuzzle, oblige, overindulge, overprotect, pacify, pamper, parent, pet, pity, placate, please, propitiate, protect, safeguard, satisfy, serve, snuggle, soothe, spoil, spoon-feed, sugarcoat, wet-nurse (≠ -abandon, abuse, annoy, attack, -avoid, bother, brutalize, bully, control, crucify, damage, -desert, discipline, dominate, harass, harm, hurt, ill-treat, injure, maltreat, manhandle, maul, menace, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, -neglect, oppress, outrage, -overlook, pain, persecute, plague, punish, restrain, savage, -slight, threaten, torment, torture, victimize, violate, wound, wrong)
BACK (→): abet, advance, advise, aid, assist, attend, authorize, bankroll, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, buttress, capitalize, champion, comfort, condone, counsel, deliver, ease, embolden, encourage, endorse, facilitate, favor, finance, forward, foster, fund, furnish, further, greenlight, guide, hearten, help, launch, mentor, nurture, oblige, patronize, profit, promote, reinforce, rescue, save, serve, sponsor, subsidize, succor, supply, support, sustain, underwrite (≠ -abandon, baffle, -balk, bar, beggar, betray, block, constrain, counter, damage, -desert, disappoint, discourage, discredit, disgrace, dishearten, disinherit, -disown, dissuade, drop, fail, foil, -frustrate, hamper, handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, injure, monkey-wrench, obstruct, oppose, restrain, retard, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, stifle, straiten, strangle, stunt, -thwart, undercut, undermine, wreck, wrong)
BACK (+): adopt, advance, advocate, affirm, boost, champion, confirm, corroborate, countenance, countersign, cultivate, embrace, encourage, endorse, espouse, favor, forward, further, help, hype, legalize, patronize, plug, preach, promote, ratify, recommend, reinforce, sanction, second, spur, support, uphold, warrant (≠ baffle, challenge, contradict, defeat, denounce, denunciate, -desert, disappoint, disfavor, fail, foil, -frustrate, fulminate, muzzle, oppose, reverse, sabotage, scotch, shelve, subvert, threaten, -thwart)
BADGER (→): annoy, bait, besiege, browbeat, bug, bully, chaff, chivy, disturb, earbash, fret, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hound, importune, irk, irritate, nag, needle, niggle, nitpick, noodge, nudge, persecute, pester, plague, press, pressure, rattle, ride, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, vex, worry (≠ -abandon, aid, alleviate, amuse, assist, assuage, calm, comfort, delight, ease, help, -ignore, mellow, mollify, -neglect, pacify, placate, please, relax, settle, steady, support, woo)
BAFFLE (/): abash, addle, agitate, amaze, astonish, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, beguile, bemuse, bewilder, boggle, bother, buffalo, chagrin, cloud, confound, confuse, cozen, daze, deceive, delude, discombobulate, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disorient, disquiet, distress, disturb, dizzy, dumbfound, dupe, -elude, embarrass, faze, floor, flummox, fluster, foil, fool, fox, frustrate, get, gobsmack, gull, harass, hoax, hobble, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, humbug, jumble, misguide, mislead, mismatch, mortify, muddle, muddy, mystify, nonplus, obscure, obstruct, outguess, outwit, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, snooker, snow, stick, stump, stun, tangle, throw, trick, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex (≠ assure, clarify, coach, decipher, deduce, edify, educate, enlighten, explain, guide, illuminate, inform, instruct, mentor, reassure, rephrase, satisfy, school, simplify, solve, steer, streamline, teach, train, tutor, untangle)
BAFFLE (/): anticipate, arrest, -avert, -balk, bar, beat, block, bottleneck, brake, bung, burden, catch, check, checkmate, choke, clog, clutter, complicate, congest, conquer, constipate, constrain, counter, counteract, countercheck, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, dam, defeat, delay, detain, -deter, discomfit, drag, encumber, entangle, entrap, fetter, foil, forestall, foul, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, impair, impede, inhibit, interrupt, jam, manacle, mire, monkey-wrench, -negate, neutralize, -nullify, obstruct, -obviate, occlude, offset, oppose, overcome, paralyze, pause, plug, -preclude, -prevent, resist, restrain, restrict, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, snag, snarl, stall, stay, stem, stop, tangle, -thwart, trammel (≠ abet, advance, aid, assist, await, content, cultivate, ease, educe, encourage, facilitate, forward, foster, further, hasten, nurture, promote, quicken, simplify, smooth, uncomplicate)
BAG (←): acquire, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, capture, catch, commandeer, corner, download, gain, get, grab, hook, kill, land, nab, nail, net, obtain, procure, reserve, secure, shoot, snaffle, snag, source, take, trap (≠ discharge, -disregard, emancipate, free, -ignore, liberate, loose, lose, miss, -overlook, release, restore, spring, unbind, unchain, waste)
BAIT (←): allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, betray, bewitch, bribe, bullshit, cajole, candy-coat, captivate, catch, charm, cheat, coax, con, conjure, convince, decoy, defraud, draw, enchant, enmesh, ensnare, entice
, entrap, fascinate, goad, hocus-pocus, hook, induce, inveigle, invite, lure, magnetize, mesh, mislead, outwit, persuade, provoke, pull, razzle-dazzle, rope, seduce, snare, snooker, snow, solicit, stoke, sucker, summon, sway, tangle, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, trap, trick, waylay (≠ alarm, alert, annoy, -balk, block, bore, bother, bug, caution, cushion, dampen, deaden, demotivate, depress, disappoint, discourage, disenchant, dull, enrage, exhaust, forewarn, guard, hamper, impede, infuriate, irk, irritate, muffle, nag, needle, nettle, nobble, numb, offend, repel, repulse, scare, slake, spook, terrify, underwhelm, unnerve, vex, ward, warn, weary, withstand, worry)
BAIT (/): aggravate, aggrieve, agitate, anger, annoy, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, browbeat, bug, bully, burn, chafe, demean, demonize, deride, discomfort, disturb, dog, exasperate, fret, frost, gall, get, gibe, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hassle, haze, heckle, hector, hound, irk, irritate, jeer, mock, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pillory, pique, plague, provoke, rasp, ride, ridicule, rile, ruffle, spite, taunt, tease, terrorize, test, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex (≠ allay, appease, -bypass, calm, compliment, defend, ease, forget, help, -ignore, mellow, -overlook, praise, protect, relax, respect, sedate, shield, -snub, -spurn, sugarcoat)