by Damon Suede
CADGE (←): abuse, appropriate, beg, bilk, blackmail, bleed, borrow, bum, cheat, coax, crib, drain, embezzle, employ, exploit, fleece, gouge, hunt, leech, lift, manipulate, milk, mooch, panhandle, pilfer, scam, schnorr, scrounge, seek, skim, solicit, sponge, swindle, tap, use, weasel, wheedle (≠ bestow, comp, contribute, deserve, dispense, donate, dower, earn, endow, furnish, give, help, lend, merit, offer, pay, provide, recoup, replace, restore, serve, supply, support, volunteer)
CAGE (/): armor, bound, box, bridle, circumscribe, closet, cocoon, collar, condemn, confine, contain, convict, coop, corner, corral, cover, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, envelop, fence, fetter, handcuff, harness, hedge, hem, hold, house, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, institutionalize, intern, jail, limit, lock, manacle, mew, package, pen, restrain, restrict, ring, sentence, shackle, straightjacket, surround, tether, trap, wall (≠ break, bust, deliver, discharge, emancipate, excuse, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, parole, permit, release, rescue, save, unbind, uncage, unchain, unleash, vindicate)
CAJOLE (←): adulate, beg, beguile, beseech, blandish, blarney, bootlick, bribe, brownnose, bullshit, butter, candy-coat, charm, coax, con, convince, court, cozen, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, diddle, dupe, enlist, entice, entrap, finagle, flannel, flatter, glad-hand, gratify, honey, humbug, implore, importune, induce, influence, ingratiate, inveigle, jolly, juggle, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, overpraise, palaver, persuade, pressure, push, schmooze, seduce, snooker, snow, soap, soften, soft-sell, soft-soap, soothe, stroke, sugarcoat, sway, sweeten, sweet-talk, syrup, tantalize, tempt, trick, urge, wangle, wheedle, woo, work (≠ berate, blackmail, browbeat, bug, bulldoze, bully, coerce, compel, constrain, cow, demand, force, harass, insult, intimidate, make, mock, muscle, nag, oblige, pester, railroad, repel, require, retort, sandbag, steamroller, supplicate, tease, trash-talk)
CALCULATE (+): account, add, adjust, appraise, ascertain, assess, average, benchmark, calibrate, cast, cipher, compute, conjecture, count, debit, deduct, derive, determine, divide, enumerate, equalize, estimate, evaluate, factor, figure, forecast, foretell, gauge, itemize, measure, multiply, number, numerate, predetermine, prioritize, project, rate, read, recalculate, reckon, scale, solve, subtract, sum, tally, time, total, value, weigh (≠ confuse, disbelieve, -disregard, distrust, doubt, forget, gather, guess, -ignore, miscalculate, misgauge, misread, mistake, mistrust, muddle, -neglect, -overlook, perplex, puzzle, question)
CALCULATE (+): aim, arrange, blueprint, budget, build, chart, choreograph, consider, contemplate, contrive, design, devise, draft, figure, frame, graph, intend, judge, machinate, map, organize, outline, plan, plot, premeditate, prepare, project, reckon, shape, sketch, strategize, suppose, target, trust (≠ ad-lib, assume, believe, botch, bungle, -discount, dismiss, -disregard, endanger, force, forget, fudge, fumble, gamble, guess, half-ass, -ignore, improvise, infer, mistake, misuse, presume, ravish, risk, wangle)
CALIBRATE (+): accommodate, adapt, adjust, align, amend, attune, change, convert, correct, customize, diversify, doctor, edit, enhance, equalize, exchange, finalize, fine-tune, finish, fit, fix, flavor, fortify, harmonize, improve, level, match, mend, modernize, modify, mold, optimize, overhaul, pace, patch, perfect, rarefy, realign, reconceive, reconceptualize, rectify, redefine, refine, reform, regulate, reimagine, reinvent, rejigger, remodel, repair, reshuffle, restore, restructure, rethink, retool, retrofit, revamp, revise, revolutionize, right, sculpt, season, shape, shift, shuffle, spice, strengthen, substitute, suit, supplant, swap, switch, tailor, transform, transpose, tune, tweak, update, upgrade, weaponize (≠ abide, -abort, bolster, brace, conserve, continue, defend, demolish, destroy, devastate, endure, freeze, hamper, hamstring, harden, hinder, hobble, hold, -ignore, immobilize, keep, leave, lock, mismatch, -neglect, paralyze, preserve, resist, restrain, retain, set, settle, stabilize, steady, stop, sustain, terminate, transfix, weather)
CALL (→): address, baptize, brand, christen, denote, describe, designate, dub, entitle, label, mislabel, mistitle, name, nickname, nominate, package, rechristen, relabel, rename, specify, stigmatize, style, tag, term, title (≠ anonymize, -deny, disavow, disclaim, -disown, erase, forget, -forsake, -reject, -repudiate, strip) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
CALL (→): allocate, appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, demand, dictate, direct, elect, entreat, exact, mandate, ordain, order, petition, postulate, proclaim, request, require, requisition, solicit, summon (≠ annul, block, -cancel, countermand, end, -eschew, finish, -negate, -nullify, -prevent, -prohibit, -rescind, stop, terminate, withdraw)
CALL (←): ask, assemble, beckon, beep, bid, buzz, cite, cold-call, command, contact, demand, dial, hail, invite, invoke, knell, order, page, phone, request, requisition, ring, subpoena, summon, telephone (≠ banish, block, dismiss, -disregard, eject, fire, -ignore, -neglect, oust, -prevent, rout, -shun, -sidestep, skip, -slight, -thwart)
CALL (←): amass, ask, assemble, bid, collect, conjure, contact, convene, convoke, gather, group, invite, knell, muster, order, rally, reassemble, reconvene, summon, unite (≠ -cancel, diffuse, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, divide, fragment, isolate, part, scatter, seclude, separate, split, stop)
CALL (+): alert, announce, anticipate, augur, await, caution, consider, declare, detect, determine, divine, estimate, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, guess, herald, judge, outguess, place, portend, predetermine, predict, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, project, promise, prophesy, put, read, reckon, regard, think, warn (≠ challenge, debunk, describe, disprove, dispute, doubt, -ignore, narrate, oppose, recall, recount, refute, regret, relate, report)
CALLOUS (/): abrade, adapt, adjust, blunt, brutalize, case-harden, chafe, chap, coarsen, deaden, debase, dehumanize, demoralize, deprave, desensitize, develop, dull, embitter, granulate, graze, habituate, harden, harshen, indurate, inure, numb, paralyze, rasp, roughen, scuff, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, thicken, toughen, vitiate, vulgarize, warp (≠ baby, buff, burnish, civilize, clean, cultivate, file, fix, groom, improve, indulge, manicure, neaten, oil, pamper, perfect, polish, protect, pumice, rectify, refine, sensitize, smarten, smooth, soften, spoil, tenderize, tidy, wax)
CALM (+): abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, collect, comfort, compose, contain, cool, defuse, drug, ease, focus, hush, hypnotize, lessen, lighten, lull, medicate, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, narcotize, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, quieten, reconcile, relax, relieve, restrain, rock, salve, sedate, settle, silence, smooth, sober, soften, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, stroke, stupefy, subdue, sugarcoat, temper, torpefy, tranquilize (≠ accelerate, aggravate, agitate, anger, appall, arouse, destabilize, disturb, energize, enrage, exacerbate, excite, foment, hasten, heighten, incite, infuriate, intensify, magnify, overset, rabble-rouse, rouse, ruffle, scramble, stir, unsettle, upset, vex, worry)
CAMOUFLAGE (/): act, affect, assume, beard, blanket, bleep, bury, cloak, clothe, conceal, costume, counterfeit, cover, curtain, deceive, dim, disguise, dissimulate, dress, enshroud, fake, feign, gild, gloss, hide, holster, impersonate, mask, obfuscate, obscure, occult, -omit, play, playact, pose, pretend, roleplay, screen, sheathe, shroud, simulate, spackle, varnish, veil, whitewash (≠ accentuate, accost, bare, betray, brandish, confess, confide, confirm, confront, disclose, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, feature, flaunt, flourish, highlight, parade, reveal, showcase, spotlight, suss, uncover, undrape, unmask, unveil, wag)
-CANCEL (/): -abandon, abdicate, -abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, axe, bury, call, censor, countermand, cut, delete, deselect, -desert, destroy, discard, disclaim, -discontinue, dismiss, -disown, dispel, dispose, doom, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, end, eradicate, erase, excise, expunge, expurgate, extirpate, forgo, -forsake, -halt, interrupt, invalidate, jettison, kill, leave, -negate, -nix, -nullify, obliterate, off, -omit, postpone, raze, recall, recant, -reject, release, relegate, relinquish, -renounce, repeal, -repudiate, -rescind, retract, reverse,
revoke, rid, scrap, scrub, shed, sink, smash, squash, stop, strike, surrender, suspend, terminate, torpedo, total, trash, vacate, vent, -void, waive, wipe, withdraw, zap (≠ begin, brainstorm, commence, continue, create, engage, form, found, initiate, institute, introduce, keep, launch, maintain, perpetuate, pledge, promise, restore, start, survive, undertake, uphold)
-CANCEL (/): abate, abnegate, abolish, -abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, -avoid, ban, call, countermand, counterpoise, deep-six, -deny, destroy, disallow, disavow, dismiss, dissolve, divorce, doom, drop, efface, eliminate, enjoin, eradicate, erase, extinguish, -forbid, invalidate, liquidate, -negate, neutralize, null, -nullify, obliterate, offset, outlaw, override, overrule, overturn, -prohibit, quash, recall, red-line, refute, -reject, remove, repeal, -repudiate, -rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scotch, shelve, strike, suspend, undo, vacate, -veto, -void, withdraw (≠ accord, allow, approve, authorize, clear, command, decree, enact, endorse, establish, formalize, found, greenlight, institute, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimize, mandate, order, pass, permit, prescribe, ratify, sanction, validate, warrant)
CAPTAIN (→): administer, boss, bridle, chair, command, conduct, control, direct, discipline, dominate, drive, execute, fly, govern, guide, handle, harness, head, influence, lead, manage, maneuver, manipulate, monitor, navigate, negotiate, operate, order, oversee, pilot, quarterback, rule, run, sail, shepherd, skipper, spearhead, steer, superintend, supervise (≠ -abandon, chase, crash, cripple, -deny, -desert, foil, follow, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, heed, hinder, -ignore, maroon, mind, mishandle, mismanage, misrule, monkey-wrench, -neglect, obey, obstruct, pursue, -refuse, relinquish, ride, sabotage, serve, sideswipe, smash, submit, subvert, target)
CAPTIVATE (←): allure, arrest, attract, beckon, bed, beguile, bewitch, bind, candy-coat, capture, catch, charm, coax, court, dazzle, delight, disarm, draw, enamor, enchant, endear, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fascinate, fixate, floor, glamour, gratify, grip, hold, hook, hypnotize, infatuate, interest, intrigue, invite, kill, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, please, pull, ravish, razzle-dazzle, rivet, seduce, seize, solicit, spellbind, stagger, stun, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, vamp, win, woo, wow (≠ annoy, appall, bore, burden, caution, chill, depress, -deter, disgust, disillusion, dismay, displease, dissuade, enrage, henpeck, irk, irritate, nag, nauseate, needle, nitpick, offend, repel, revolt, sicken, tire, warn, weary, worry)
CAPTURE (←): accomplish, accumulate, achieve, acquire, amass, annex, attain, bag, bring, carry, catch, claim, clear, conquer, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, grab, gross, hunt, land, make, net, notch, obtain, occupy, pluck, procure, pull, reacquire, realize, reap, reattain, recapture, regain, remake, score, secure, seek, source, stockpile, take, win (≠ accord, bequeath, forfeit, furnish, give, grant, hand, lose, offer, pay, relinquish, supply, surrender, tithe, yield)
CAPTURE (/): abduct, apprehend, arrest, bag, block, bust, cage, catch, claim, clasp, clutch, collar, convict, cop, corner, corral, detain, disappear, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, get, glom, glove, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, halter, herd, hijack, hold, hook, imprison, incarcerate, institutionalize, intern, jail, kidnap, land, lasso, mesh, nab, nail, net, nick, overwhelm, rap, recapture, rend, rope, rush, rustle, secure, seize, snaffle, snag, snare, snatch, spirit, subjugate, take, trap, wrangle, wrest (≠ -bypass, -decline, deliver, -desert, discharge, dismiss, -disown, drop, -escape, exonerate, forfeit, -forsake, free, guard, liberate, loosen, lose, miss, -prohibit, pursue, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, release, rescue, save, unhand, vindicate)
CARESS (→): brush, contact, cuddle, embrace, feel, finger, fondle, graze, grope, hug, kiss, lick, manipulate, massage, nuzzle, palm, palpate, pat, paw, pet, ply, rub, skim, stroke, strum, touch, twiddle (≠ aggravate, annoy, disbelieve, displease, exasperate, insult, irritate, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mishandle, offend, provoke, release, tease, vex, wound)
CARRY (→): advertise, air, announce, beam, bear, broadcast, circulate, communicate, conduct, convey, diffuse, display, disseminate, give, hype, offer, plug, presell, promulgate, publicize, publish, relay, release, report, scatter, send, show, spread, telegraph, televise, transfer, transmit, transport (≠ bury, cloak, conceal, confuse, forget, garble, hide, mask, miscommunicate, misrepresent, obscure, scramble, screen, undermine, withhold)
CARRY (←): beam, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, deliver, displace, drive, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, hump, import, lift, lug, move, pack, pipe, relay, release, relocate, remove, schlep, shift, shoulder, sustain, take, tote, transfer, transmit, transplant, transport, truck, waft (≠ discard, drop, forfeit, keep, leave, lose, mislay, misplace, -reject, release, relinquish)
CART (←): bear, bring, carry, chauffeur, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, haul, hump, lug, move, pack, schlep, shift, ship, take, tote, transfer, transport (≠ -abandon, -desert, -ditch, drop, leave, lose, misplace, skip)
CARVE (→): chisel, crosshatch, deboss, decorate, embellish, emboss, engrave, etch, gouge, incise, indent, inscribe, mark, nick, nock, notch, ornament, tool, write (≠ chip, deface, delete, dent, ding, efface, erase, expunge, fill, mangle, mar, obliterate, plaster, pulverize, remove, scour, scrub, shatter, spackle)
CARVE (+): cast, chip, chisel, contour, cut, fashion, form, hew, model, mold, pattern, sculpt, sculpture, shape, whittle (≠ break, crack, crush, deface, demolish, destroy, eradicate, fracture, pulverize, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck)
CARVE (/): allocate, allot, apportion, butcher, chop, chunk, cut, dismember, dissect, distribute, divide, hack, hew, joint, portion, segment, slash, slice, sunder, trim, vivisect (≠ accumulate, blend, collect, combine, fuse, gather, hoard, join, keep, meld, mix, pile, repair, restore, sew, stack, stitch, suture, unite, withhold)
CASE (←): analyze, appraise, assess, canvas, check, clock, consider, contemplate, evaluate, examine, explore, eyeball, inspect, investigate, learn, measure, observe, peruse, prioritize, probe, prowl, read, scan, scope, scrutinize, search, sift, study, surveil, survey, watch (≠ assume, -blank, blind, browse, -bypass, confound, confuse, deceive, -discount, disguise, -disregard, gloss, guess, -ignore, infer, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, -neglect, -overlook, pass, perplex, skim, skip, trick)
CAST (→): belch, discharge, effuse, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emit, erupt, evacuate, evolve, excrete, exhale, exorcise, expel, exude, give, gush, irradiate, issue, jet, ooze, pour, radiate, release, secrete, send, shoot, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, throw, upchuck, vent, vomit (≠ absorb, block, dim, impede, inhale, screen, shade, shadow, slurp, soak, sponge, suck, take, veil)
CAST (→): bandy, bowl, buck, cant, catapult, chuck, dart, dash, diffuse, direct, drive, eject, fire, fling, flip, gun, heave, hook, hurl, hurtle, impel, launch, lob, loft, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, roll, scatter, shoot, shy, skitter, sling, spread, throw, thrust, toss, wing (≠ accept, catch, clutch, gather, grab, grip, hold, keep, receive, seize, snag, take)
CAST (+): adjust, allot, appoint, appraise, arrange, assess, assign, attach, audition, balance, categorize, choose, commission, compose, constitute, critique, delegate, designate, detail, draft, employ, engage, establish, form, handpick, integrate, judge, marshal, name, nominate, orchestrate, order, organize, pigeonhole, place, prepare, prioritize, ready, retain, screen, select, sort, stratify, task, test (≠ blackball, blacklist, boot, cull, dismiss, expel, fire, oust, -refuse, -reject, remove, replace, terminate, winnow)
CASTRATE (/): alter, caponize, change, cut, dampen, daunt, deaden, deball, demoralize, demotivate, desex, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, drain, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, fix, geld, knacker, lobotomize, mutilate, neuter, petrify, sap, snip, spay, sterilize, undermine, unman, unsex, weaken, wear (≠ arouse, boost, brace, encourage, energize, enliven, excite, fortify, galvanize, inflame, invigorate, provoke, quicken, raise, refresh, revitalize, rouse, stimulate, stir, strengthen)
CATALOG (+): alphabetize, c
ategorize, chronicle, classify, compile, discern, discover, distinguish, docket, establish, file, identify, index, inscribe, label, list, note, organize, pinpoint, place, record, reference, register, research, schedule, slate, slot, specify, systematize, tabulate, tag, tally (≠ abolish, anonymize, blot, confuse, consult, delete, efface, erase, expunge, jumble, misclassify, mislabel, missort, mistake, mix, muddle, obliterate, remove, scatter, scramble)
CATALYZE (→): advance, beget, begin, breed, bring, create, cultivate, develop, effect, egg, enact, encourage, engender, establish, father, forward, foster, found, further, generate, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, innovate, instigate, institute, introduce, invoke, launch, make, nourish, nurture, pioneer, produce, promote, prompt, render, set, sire, spawn, start, stimulate, yield (≠ abolish, arrest, check, crush, curb, dampen, deaden, demolish, destroy, doom, extinguish, -forbid, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, kill, limit, muffle, mute, -nix, -nullify, -obviate, pause, -prevent, -prohibit, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, restrict, short-circuit, slake, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress, throttle, -thwart)
CATCH (←): apprehend, arrest, bag, blindside, bushwhack, bust, capture, clasp, claw, clench, clutch, collar, cop, corner, corral, ensnare, entangle, entrap, field, glom, grab, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hunt, lasso, nab, nail, net, nick, pick, pluck, recapture, rope, secure, seek, seize, snaffle, snag, snare, snatch, surprise, take, trap, wrangle (≠ bequeath, dismiss, drop, -escape, forfeit, free, give, grant, launch, liberate, loosen, lose, misplace, miss, offer, pay, provide, receive, release, relinquish, skip, skitter, surrender, throw, tithe, toss, yield)