by Damon Suede
BALANCE (+): accommodate, adjust, align, anchor, approximate, attune, calibrate, compensate, coordinate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise countervail, defray, equalize, equate, even, expense, fit, ground, harmonize, homogenize, indemnify, level, match, neutralize, normalize, offset, pace, parallel, personalize, poise, regularize, regulate, root, set, settle, square, stabilize, standardize, steady, tie, tune, weigh (≠ bash, batter, bump, cant, capsize, cheat, convulse, customize, disturb, favor, jar, jolt, knock, mass, mismatch, overbalance, overset, overturn, rock, shake, shunt, tip, topple, unbalance, unhorse, violate, weight)
-BALK (→): -abort, anticipate, arrest, -avert, baffle, bar, beat, block, check, checkmate, -circumvent, clog, conquer, counteract, cramp, dash, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, encumber, fetter, foil, forestall, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, manacle, monkey-wrench, muzzle, -negate, neutralize, -nullify, obstruct, -obviate, occlude, offset, overcome, pause, -preclude, -prevent, protest, ruin, scruple, shackle, short-circuit, stall, stem, stop, stymie, -thwart, tie, trammel (≠ abet, advance, aid, allow, assist, await, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, cultivate, ease, encourage, facilitate, forward, foster, further, grease, help, lubricate, nurture, permit, promote, smooth, spitball, spur, stimulate, support)
BALLYHOO (→): acclaim, advance, advertise, announce, applaud, assert, bark, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, broadcast, bulletin, circulate, claim, commend, compliment, congratulate, declare, disseminate, endorse, eulogize, extol, glorify, hail, herald, hustle, hype, laud, limelight, magnify, merchandize, offer, peddle, pimp, pitch, plug, praise, presell, proclaim, promote, pronounce, publicize, publish, push, recommend, review, sell, shill, telegraph, tout, trumpet (≠ blackguard, blame, boo, chide, conceal, demean, demonize, denigrate, deride, -disdain, dismiss, disparage, hide, hush, -ignore, insult, knock, mock, neg, pan, pillory, quiet, rib, ridicule, scold, -scorn, shame, -shun, silence, smother, stifle)
BAMBOOZLE (←): beat, beguile, bemuse, bilk, bleed, bluff, bogart, buffalo, bullshit, burn, cadge, cajole, candy-coat, catch, cheat, chisel, con, convince, cozen, deceive, deflect, defraud, delude, diddle, dupe, euchre, exploit, fake, fiddle, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fool, fox, fudge, gouge, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, humbug, hustle, impersonate, infiltrate, influence, juggle, kid, manipulate, misguide, misinform, mislead, outwit, pretend, roleplay, rook, scam, schmooze, screw, shaft, shortchange, skin, snooker, snow, spin, spoof, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, tease, trick, underpay, upset, victimize, weasel, wrong (≠ assume, assure, believe, blab, blurt, concede, confess, confide, confirm, confront, credit, debunk, disabuse, disclose, disenchant, disillusion, divulge, expose, help, honor, restore, reveal, show, support, tell, trust, uncloak, uncover, undeceive, unmask, unveil)
BAMBOOZLE (/): abash, addle, agitate, amplify, baffle, beat, befog, befuddle, beguile, bemuse, bewilder, bother, buffalo, chagrin, confound, confuse, cozen, daze, deceive, delude, discombobulate, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disorient, disquiet, distress, disturb, dizzy, dumbfound, dupe, embarrass, faze, flummox, fluster, fool, fox, gaslight, get, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, humbug, jumble, misguide, mislead, mortify, muddle, muddy, mystify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, snooker, snow, stick, stump, stun, tangle, throw, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex (≠ aid, assist, assure, calm, clarify, ease, elucidate, enlighten, explain, facilitate, floodlight, foster, further, hasten, illuminate, inform, nurture, promote, quicken, reassure, satisfy, simplify, smooth, solve, steady, streamline, unravel)
BAN (/): amputate, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, block, -boycott, censor, command, condemn, constrain, control, criminalize, curb, curse, curtail, damn, -deny, deport, disallow, disapprove, disbar, disqualify, doom, eject, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, eradicate, evict, excise, -exclude, -excommunicate, expatriate, expel, extradite, -forbid, -halt, -ignore, inhibit, -kibosh, -omit, oppress, -ostracize, oust, outlaw, picket, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, protest, -refuse, -reject, relegate, remove, -renounce, -repudiate, restrict, sideline, stop, suppress, taboo, -veto (≠ accord, admit, allow, approve, authorize, bear, brave, brook, countenance, cultivate, educe, embrace, enable, encourage, endorse, endure, entertain, face, facilitate, greenlight, include, legalize, nurture, permit, promote, sanction, suffer, support, tolerate, welcome)
BANDAGE (+): address, attend, bind, cover, cure, doctor, dress, heal, medicate, mend, nurse, rehabilitate, remedy, repair, swaddle, swathe, treat, wrap (≠ abuse, burn, cut, damage, expose, gash, harm, hurt, injure, lacerate, maim, mutilate, scar, slice, tear, unbandage, uncover, unwrap, wound)
BANISH (→): axe, ban, bar, blackball, boot, bounce, -boycott, can, cashier, chase, defenestrate, denaturalize, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, displace, dispossess, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, -exclude, -excommunicate, exile, exorcise, expatriate, expel, extradite, extrude, fire, isolate, jettison, -omit, -ostracize, oust, outlaw, pink-slip, -prohibit, proscribe, quarantine, -reject, release, relegate, remove, -repudiate, retire, rout, sack, seclude, sequester, sideline, -spurn, terminate, transport (≠ abduct, accept, admit, adopt, allow, entertain, harbor, house, keep, kidnap, lodge, naturalize, recall, receive, repatriate, reunite, shelter, take, welcome)
BANKRUPT (/): beggar, blow, break, bust, cannibalize, compromise, consume, cripple, deplete, depredate, diminish, disinherit, -disown, drain, empty, exhaust, impoverish, leach, leech, misuse, pauperize, reduce, ruin, slather, spend, squander, straiten, waste, weaken, wreck (≠ back, bankroll, bequeath, bestow, capitalize, dower, endow, enrich, finance, fund, restore, supplement, support, underwrite)
BAPTIZE (+): admit, anoint, bless, call, christen, cleanse, consecrate, daub, dedicate, dip, douse, drench, dub, enroll, entitle, hallow, immerse, induct, initiate, introduce, name, purify, recruit, regenerate, rub, sanctify, sprinkle, style, term, title, wet (≠ blemish, condemn, curse, damn, debauch, dirty, discharge, discredit, disparage, exile, exorcise, expel, -ignore, ruin, terminate, unmake)
BAR (/): ban, barricade, blacklist, block, blockade, -boycott, check, condemn, deadbolt, -deny, disallow, discourage, disqualify, eliminate, enjoin, -exclude, exile, -forbid, -frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, -interdict, limit, obstruct, occlude, -omit, -ostracize, oust, outlaw, override, picket, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, -refuse, -reject, restrain, restrict, segregate, short-circuit, shut, -spurn, stem, stop, suspend, -veto (≠ accord, admit, allow, approve, authorize, -bypass, -circumvent, cultivate, embrace, facilitate, force, include, legalize, loosen, nurture, open, outwit, permit, promote, sanction, -sidestep, suffer, support, tolerate, unlock, welcome)
BARRICADE (/): bar, block, blockade, bolt, close, curtain, dam, defend, embattle, fence, fortify, garrison, gate, guard, hedge, hinder, lock, obstruct, occlude, protect, rampart, screen, secure, strengthen, stymie, -thwart, wall (≠ abet, allow, breach, bulldoze, crack, invite, open, permit, railroad, ram, reopen, unbar, unblock, unbolt, welcome)
BARTER (+): bandy, bootleg, broker, change, chop, commodify, commute, deal, debate, exchange, fence, leverage, negotiate, recoup, replace, sell, shift, substitute, swap, switch, trade, traffic, transact, transfer, truck (≠ buy, cheat, -decline, donate, give, hide, hoard, import, keep, loan, loot, outbid, pilfer, purchase, sell, steal, swindle, swipe, tender, withhold)
BASH (→): bat, batter, beat, belt, break, clip, clobber, clock, clout, club, concuss, crush, cudgel, cuff, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lash, lick, pelt, pound, pulverize, pummel, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, sock, spank, strike, swat, swipe, thump, wallop, whack (≠ armor, -avert, block, caress, coddle, cuddle, defend, deflect, -dodge, -duck, -evade, guard, heal, nurture, parry, pet, protect, repel, rescue, shield, -sidestep, stroke)
BASTARDIZE (/): abase, adulterate, animalize, attenuate, bestialize, blemish, blotch, bowdlerize, canker, cheapen, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, deprave, devalue, dilute, dirty, doctor, lessen, pervert, pollute, stain, suborn, subvert, sully
, taint, tarnish, vitiate, warp, weaken (≠ ameliorate, appreciate, augment, benefit, better, boost, clean, cleanse, dignify, embellish, enhance, enrich, heighten, honor, improve, legitimate, legitimize, moralize, optimize, overhaul, praise, purify, rarefy, refine, straighten, upgrade, value)
BATHE (+): clean, cleanse, cover, dampen, decontaminate, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drizzle, -duck, dunk, engulf, flood, flush, hose, humidify, hydrate, immerse, impregnate, inundate, irrigate, lave, marinate, mist, moisten, moisturize, plunge, presoak, purify, rehydrate, rinse, sanitize, saturate, scour, scrub, shower, sink, slosh, sluice, soak, soap, splash, sponge, sprinkle, steep, sterilize, submerge, suffuse, swamp, syrup, trickle, wash, wet (≠ blacken, contaminate, dehydrate, desiccate, dirty, dry, evaporate, harden, leach, muddy, parch, pollute, scorch, sear, soil, stain, sully, tarnish, towel, wring)
BATTER (→): bash, beat, bombard, bruise, buffet, clip, clobber, clock, clout, concuss, conk, cuff, dash, drub, hammer, hit, knock, lash, lick, maul, pelt, pound, pulverize, pummel, punch, slap, slug, smack, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, wallop, whack (≠ adorn, aid, beautify, block, build, compliment, construct, decorate, defend, deflect, -dodge, -duck, encourage, fix, help, mend, praise, preserve, protect, repair, repel, restore)
BATTER (/): abuse, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bombard, break, bruise, club, combat, crack, cripple, crush, damage, demolish, destroy, disfigure, erode, fight, harry, hurt, ill-treat, injure, invade, maltreat, mangle, mar, maul, mortar, punish, ruin, savage, scarify, scathe, shatter, slash, storm, trash, trounce, violate, wreck, wrong (≠ adore, cherish, cure, defend, guard, heal, honor, improve, indulge, mend, nurse, nurture, pamper, prize, protect, respect, revere, shield, treasure)
BATTLE (→): antagonize, attack, block, challenge, checkmate, combat, confront, cross, debate, defy, distrust, emulate, engage, face, fight, -frustrate, gainsay, hassle, interrupt, jockey, jostle, maneuver, match, meet, neutralize, obstruct, oppose, oppress, override, overturn, parry, play, police, protest, race, refute, resist, restrain, rival, subvert, taunt, -thwart, train, withstand, work, wrestle (≠ accept, accommodate, aid, allow, authorize, -avoid, befriend, -circumvent, concede, -dodge, -elude, encourage, endorse, -escape, -evade, favor, follow, foster, help, -ignore, join, nourish, nurture, obey, oblige, pass, permit, promote, protect, -quit, -shirk, -shun, -sidestep, support, surrender, tolerate, yield)
BATTLE (→): assault, attack, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, box, buffet, bump, clobber, club, combat, duel, fight, grapple, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tackle, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, wrestle (≠ absorb, align, -avoid, buffer, -bypass, -circumvent, defend, deflect, -duck, -elude, -escape, guard, nurture, protect, rescue, save, shelter, shield, -shun, -sidestep, treat, withstand)
BATTLE (/): accost, address, agitate, argue, assail, baffle, bait, challenge, checkmate, combat, contest, counter, counteract, criticize, debate, defy, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, engage, face, fight, foil, -frustrate, impugn, invade, meet, monkey-wrench, oppose, oppugn, resist, short-circuit, straightjacket, tackle, -thwart, tug, withstand, wrestle (≠ abide, advance, advocate, back, bear, champion, confess, cultivate, encourage, endorse, endure, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote, spitball, suffer, support, uphold)
BEAR (→): beget, birth, breed, calve, create, deliver, develop, drop, engender, father, form, foster, generate, gestate, invent, kindle, litter, make, mother, multiply, produce, propagate, provide, reproduce, sire, spawn, whelp, yield (≠ -abandon, -abort, bury, destroy, devour, digest, end, erase, kill, lose, malnourish, midwife, miscarry, murder, starve, terminate, throttle)
BEAR (←): beam, bring, carry, cart, chauffeur, conduct, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, forward, hand, harbor, haul, hump, lift, lug, move, pack, remove, schlep, send, shift, ship, take, tote, transfer, transmit, transport (≠ -abandon, cant, discard, drop, dump, eliminate, forfeit, -forsake, give, leave, lose, mislay, misplace, miss, -neglect, -omit, -refuse, -reject, relinquish, send, steal, throw, trash)
BEAR (+): abide, absorb, accept, admit, allow, brave, brook, buck, concede, condone, confront, countenance, endorse, endure, experience, face, hack, handle, harden, incur, indulge, know, meet, outlast, overcome, permit, pocket, receive, reconcile, respect, sanction, season, shoulder, stand, stomach, suffer, support, surmount, survive, sustain, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate, uphold, weather, withstand (≠ -avoid, -balk, -bypass, challenge, -circumvent, combat, contest, counteract, -decline, defy, denounce, dismiss, -dodge, -elude, -escape, -evade, fight, -forbid, miss, oppose, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, resist, -spurn, -thwart)
BEAT (→): abuse, assail, assault, attack, bash, baste, bat, batter, belt, birch, bludgeon, box, break, bruise, buffet, bust, cane, castigate, chastise, clobber, clout, club, concuss, conk, cowhide, crack, cudgel, cuff, deck, drub, flagellate, flail, flay, flog, floor, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lather, lick, maltreat, maul, paddle, paste, pelt, pistol-whip, pound, pulverize, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, rawhide, scourge, shake, slam, slap, slate, slug, smack, sock, spank, strap, strike, swat, swipe, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trample, trounce, wallop, whack, whale, whip, whomp, whup (≠ aid, armor, assist, beautify, block, caress, cure, defend, deflect, doctor, fix, guard, heal, help, mend, nurse, parry, praise, protect, repair, restore, shield, stroke, strum, support)
BEAT (→): accomplish, achieve, best, better, cap, capture, checkmate, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, dispatch, drub, eclipse, exceed, foil, humble, lick, master, one-up, outclass, outcompete, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outguess, outgun, outlast, outmaneuver, outmatch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outrace, outrank, outreach, outrun, outscore, outsell, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, outweigh, outwit, overcome, overpower, overshadow, overtake, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, quell, rival, score, shame, shellac, skunk, stop, subdue, subjugate, surmount, surpass, sweep, take, top, transcend, trounce, trump, unseat, upend, usurp, vanquish, wallop, whip, whup, win (≠ -abandon, abdicate, aid, assist, boost, follow, forfeit, lose, mind, obey, relinquish, -renounce, resign, serve, surrender)
BEAT (/): annihilate, assault, attack, bomb, break, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cow, cream, crush, decimate, defeat, demolish, devastate, discomfit, drub, enslave, finish, flatten, invade, obliterate, overthrow, overwhelm, quash, quell, reduce, rout, ruin, scotch, shellac, skin, slaughter, smash, smoke, steamroller, subdue, subjugate, tame, thrash, trounce, upset, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, wrack, wreck (≠ aid, build, construct, defend, found, free, guard, heal, help, liberate, preserve, promote, protect, raise, reinvigorate, rescue, restimulate, restore, revive, safeguard, save, shelter, shield, survive, treasure, weather)
BEAT (/): -avert, -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, deflect, disobey, -disregard, -ditch, divert, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -end-run, -escape, -eschew, -evade, flout, -ignore, -obviate, outflank, parry, -prevent, shake, -shirk, shortcut, -shun, -sidestep, skirt, subvert, ward (≠ accept, acknowledge, authorize, catch, contact, contract, court, embrace, follow, honor, incur, institute, keep, obey, observe, pursue, respect, seek, serve, welcome)
BEAUTIFY (+): accessorize, adorn, aggrandize, aid, appliqué, array, augment, barber, bedeck, bedizen, bejewel, benefit, better, blazon, bless, boost, braid, brighten, build, burnish, caparison, cleanse, clear, costume, deck, decorate, dignify, distinguish, drape, dress, elaborate, elevate, embellish, emblaze, emboss, embroider, enhance, ennoble, enrich, fancify, feather, festoon, figure, filigree, fillet, fix, flatter, flavor, flounce, freshen, frill, fringe, garland, garnish, gem, gild, glamorize, glitter, glitz, glorify, grace, groom, gussy, hang, help, illuminate, improve, jewel, lace, magnify, manicure, optimize, ornament, overhaul, paint, pearl, pigment, pomade, prettify, pretty, purify, rarefy, redecorate, redo, refine, revamp, revolutionize, ribbon, service, smarten, soften, spackle, spiff, spruce, stipple, stud, swag, tinsel, titivate, tool, transfigure, transform, trim, update, upgrade, wreathe (≠ ab
ase, bare, bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blemish, blot, blur, botch, canker, cheapen, cloud, compromise, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decrease, deface, defile, deform, degrade, denude, destroy, deteriorate, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disgrace, dismantle, display, distort, divest, efface, embarrass, expose, foul, harm, harshen, humble, humiliate, hurt, infect, infest, injure, lessen, lower, mar, pollute, reduce, reveal, ruin, sabotage, scar, shame, simplify, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spoil, streamline, strip, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, trash, uglify, uncover, undercut, undermine, violate, warp, weaken, wither, worsen, wound, wreck)
BECKON (←): acknowledge, acquaint, advise, allure, ask, attract, bid, buzz, call, coax, command, conjure, demand, draw, entice, flag, flourish, induce, inform, invite, lure, persuade, pull, signal, summon, tempt, wave, welcome (≠ -avoid, ban, bar, -deter, -disdain, -elude, -evade, -exclude, -neglect, -omit, -ostracize, oust, push, -reject, repel, repulse, -shun)
BED (+): ball, bang, boff, boink, bone, bonk, debauch, deflower, devour, diddle, drill, enter, fuck, hump, impale, jump, nail, penetrate, pillage, pleasure, plow, plunder, poke, pork, pound, rail, ravish, ride, screw, seduce, shag, shtup, skewer, take, tap, tumble (≠ -avoid, block, -deny, -desert, dismiss, -disregard, -ditch, drop, dump, -eschew, -ignore, jilt, -neglect, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, -scorn, -shun, -snub, -spurn)