by Damon Suede
CHASE (/): axe, ban, banish, bar, boot, bounce, can, cashier, defenestrate, deport, discharge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, eject, evict, -exclude, exile, exorcise, expatriate, expel, extrude, fire, -ostracize, oust, out, pink-slip, proscribe, release, remove, retire, rout, sack, terminate (≠ accept, admit, entertain, harbor, host, house, include, invite, lodge, receive, shelter, take, welcome)
CHASTEN (/): abase, afflict, assess, berate, blister, castigate, charge, chastise, chide, condemn, convict, correct, cow, criticize, critique, curb, damn, daunt, denounce, discipline, dock, fine, housebreak, housetrain, humble, humiliate, impose, incriminate, keelhaul, levy, moderate, penalize, punish, rebuke, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, sentence, soften, subdue, tame, upbraid, wreak (≠ absolve, acquit, assist, boost, commend, commute, encourage, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, forfeit, help, honor, inspire, pardon, ransom, release, reprieve, spare, uplift, vindicate)
CHASTISE (/): abate, admonish, afflict, avenge, beat, berate, blame, boo, burden, cane, castigate, censure, chasten, chide, condemn, confine, correct, criticize, crucify, deduct, defame, defile, demean, demonize, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, discipline, discredit, disparage, distress, encumber, execute, fault, fine, fix, flog, forfeit, fulminate, handicap, imprison, incarcerate, judge, lambaste, lash, penalize, persecute, pillory, pummel, punish, ream, rectify, reform, remedy, -renounce, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, -scorn, scourge, sentence, smack, spank, strap, thrash, torture, upbraid, vilify, whip (≠ absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, cheer, comfort, commend, compliment, congratulate, cuddle, encourage, endorse, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, extol, forgive, guard, pardon, praise, promote, release, reward, sanction, spare, support, vindicate)
CHEAPEN (/): abase, adulterate, bastardize, bedraggle, befoul, begrime, belittle, bestialize, betray, blemish, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, debauch, -decline, decry, deface, defile, degrade, demean, demoralize, demote, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, destroy, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dirty, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, flaw, harm, harshen, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, lessen, lowball, lower, mar, minimize, misapply, misuse, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, reduce, relegate, ruin, sacrifice, shame, spoil, stain, subvert, taint, tarnish, thin, underbid, undervalue, vitiate, warp, water, weaken, whore, wreck (≠ accent, accentuate, accrue, advance, ameliorate, amend, amplify, better, clarify, clean, cleanse, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enrich, exalt, honor, improve, moralize, optimize, overhaul, perfect, promote, purify, raise, rarefy, rectify, refine, restore, revolutionize, upgrade, uplift)
CHEAPEN (/): abase, abash, affront, badmouth, belittle, boo, castigate, censure, chasten, condemn, confound, confuse, criticize, damn, debase, decry, defame, defile, degrade, demean, denounce, depreciate, detract, diminish, discomfit, disconcert, -discount, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, embarrass, execrate, faze, fluster, foul, humble, humiliate, insult, libel, lower, malign, minimize, mortify, nonplus, pillory, rattle, ridicule, shame, sink, slander, smirch (≠ acclaim, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, boost, canonize, celebrate, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hail, heroicize, heroize, highlight, honor, idealize, magnify, praise, prioritize, promote, raise, romanticize, spotlight, tout, upgrade, uplift)
CHEAT (←): bait, bamboozle, beard, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, bleed, bluff, bootleg, bottom-deal, buffalo, bullshit, bunk, burgle, burn, cajole, catch, chisel, clip, con, convince, cook, cozen, crib, deacon, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, disinform, doctor, double-cross, double-deal, double-talk, dupe, embezzle, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, euchre, exploit, fake, fiddle, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fool, fox, frame, fudge, game, gas, goldbrick, gouge, gull, gyp, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hook, hornswoggle, hose, humbug, hustle, hype, ice, inveigle, juggle, lure, manipulate, milk, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, mousetrap, nobble, outfox, outslick, outwit, overreach, palaver, pervert, plant, pluck, pretend, rob, rook, rope, salt, sandbag, scam, screw, seduce, shaft, short, shortchange, shuck, skin, snooker, snow, soak, spoof, squeeze, steal, stick, stiff, sting, stonewall, sucker, swindle, take, tantalize, tempt, thimblerig, trick, two-time, underpay, vamp, victimize, whitewash, wrong (≠ accuse, afford, assume, audit, authenticate, believe, comp, confess, confide, confirm, corroborate, credit, crosscheck, debunk, deflate, disabuse, disclose, discredit, disgrace, disprove, dispute, distrust, divulge, document, doubt, evince, expose, fund, give, honor, humiliate, malign, mock, offer, -ostracize, pillory, pity, protect, prove, provide, regret, -repudiate, respect, restore, reveal, scruple, shame, stigmatize, substantiate, supply, support, trust, validate, verify, vilify)
CHECK (←): affirm, analyze, ascertain, assert, assess, audit, authenticate, avow, benchmark, beta, buttress, calculate, caliper, categorize, certify, compare, conclude, confirm, connect, consult, contrast, correlate, corroborate, crosscheck, cross-examine, debunk, declare, deduce, demonstrate, determine, discover, distill, document, ensure, establish, estimate, evaluate, examine, explore, eyeball, frisk, gauge, grill, guarantee, inspect, interrogate, interview, investigate, learn, measure, monitor, notarize, police, prioritize, probe, proctor, profess, prove, prowl, rank, read, reference, reinforce, research, sample, scan, scope, screen, scrutinize, search, study, subdivide, substantiate, support, survey, test, time, validate, verify, vet, vindicate, warrant, weigh, witness (≠ accept, assume, -bypass, challenge, contest, contradict, debate, -deny, disavow, disclaim, -discount, discredit, disprove, dispute, -disregard, distrust, doubt, excuse, fake, gainsay, -ignore, invalidate, misgauge, misjudge, mislead, miss, mistake, -neglect, overestimate, -overlook, pass, pretend, question, rebut, refute, scruple, suspect, underestimate, undershoot)
CHECK (←): -abort, arrest, bar, block, bottle, bridle, choke, constrain, contain, control, curb, damp, delay, gag, govern, -halt, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hold, housebreak, housetrain, impede, inhibit, interrupt, keep, limit, measure, mince, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, pace, pause, pocket, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, regulate, rein, repress, restrain, retard, rule, shelve, short-circuit, silence, sink, slow, smother, squelch, staunch, stem, stifle, stop, straightjacket, strangle, stymie, suppress, swallow, tame, -thwart (≠ air, encourage, evince, express, frogmarch, incite, instigate, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, march, punctuate, slack, slacken, spur, unleash, vent)
CHERISH (←): bear, bronze, carry, conserve, cultivate, embrace, entertain, foster, harbor, hold, honor, house, hug, keep, maintain, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, protect, remember, respect, retain, shelter, support, sustain, treasure, value (≠ -abandon, abjure, -decline, -deny, -desert, discard, -disdain, -disregard, drop, erase, expunge, forget, -forsake, -ignore, -neglect, -overlook, -quit, -refuse, -reject, -renounce, repel, -repudiate, -scorn, torment)
CHERISH (+): admire, adore, adulate, appreciate, canonize, caress, deify, dig, encourage, enjoy, enshrine, esteem, exalt, extol, fancy, glamorize, glorify, hero-worship, idealize, idolize, immortalize, lionize, love, memorialize, praise, prize, regard, relish, respect, revere, reverence, romanticize, savor, treasure, value, venerate, worship (≠ -abandon, abhor, abominate, antagonize, -avoid, badmouth, belittle, decry, demean, demonize, deride, -despise, -detest, -disdain, disfavor, disparage, -disregard, execrate, forget, -forsake, -hate, high-hat, -ignore, -loathe, minimize, -neglect, pillory, -renounce, ridicule, -scorn, -slight, -snub, -spurn, undervalue) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
CHEW (/): bite, bolt, champ, chaw, chomp, consume, crunch, devour, dispatch, eat, gnash, gnaw, gobble, gorge, grind, gulp, gum, ingest, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, nosh, peck, rend, ruminate, scarf, wolf (≠ cut, dismiss, drink, forget, -ignore, mash, -neglect, spit, swallow)
CHIDE (/): admonish, berate, blame, boo, browbeat, bully, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, check, condemn, criticize, critique, curse, defame, defile, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, disapprove, discredit, disparage, disrespect, fault, flay, fulminate, harass, hector, henpeck, intimidate, l
ecture, lesson, nag, rate, -rebuff, rebuke, -renounce, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, -scorn, trash-talk, upbraid, vilify (≠ applaud, approve, blandish, brave, brook, celebrate, compliment, congratulate, countenance, encourage, endorse, flatter, ingratiate, instigate, laud, praise, salute, sanction, tolerate, tout, vindicate)
CHILL (←): air-condition, congeal, cool, depress, discourage, freeze, frost, ice, numb, refrigerate, supercool, ventilate (≠ bake, barbecue, boil, broil, cook, crisp, heat, roast, sauté, steam, thaw, toast, warm)
CHILL (/): afflict, blackmail, bother, browbeat, bully, cloud, cow, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deaden, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, depress, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disparage, dispirit, distress, enfeeble, frighten, frustrate, horrify, intimidate, irk, petrify, sadden, scare, terrify, trouble, undermine, unman, unnerve, vex, weaken, weigh, worry (≠ amuse, assure, bolster, buoy, charm, cheer, delight, embolden, encourage, energize, excite, fortify, galvanize, gladden, hearten, incite, inspire, invigorate, nerve, provoke, rally, relieve, safeguard, spur, steady, steel)
CHIP (/): break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, damage, dent, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, nock, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle (≠ combine, fix, increase, join, mend, patch, plaster, polish, rectify, repair, restore, sand, shine, smooth, spackle)
CHISEL (→): carve, chip, contour, crosshatch, cut, engrave, etch, fashion, form, hew, incise, indent, mold, notch, roughcast, sculpt, sculpture, shape, whittle, write (≠ blur, cloud, erase, fill, muddle, muddy, obliterate, pad, plaster, polish, sand, smooth, smudge, spackle, stuff)
CHISEL (←): bamboozle, beat, bilk, blackmail, bleed, bluff, cheat, clip, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, dupe, embezzle, euchre, exploit, extort, fast-talk, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, fool, gazump, gouge, gull, hocus-pocus, hustle, milk, nick, outwit, overcharge, pluck, ream, rob, rook, scam, screw, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, soak, squeeze, steal, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, trick, underpay, victimize, wrench, wrest, wring (≠ appropriate, assist, assume, assure, bankroll, believe, bequeath, bestow, compensate, confess, contribute, donate, exonerate, expose, fund, give, help, indemnify, offer, pay, receive, refund, reimburse, repay, respect, restore, return, support, trust, underwrite, volunteer)
CHOKE (/): asphyxiate, bar, block, clog, close, congest, constrict, drown, extinguish, gag, garrote, kill, lynch, muffle, obstruct, occlude, overpower, overwhelm, plug, repress, restrain, shush, smother, squeeze, squelch, stagnate, stifle, stop, straiten, strangle, stunt, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring (≠ aerate, clear, free, loose, loosen, open, oxygenate, release, restimulate, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, save, slacken, unblock, unclog, ventilate)
CHOOSE (←): accept, accumulate, acquire, adopt, amass, appoint, approve, assemble, bag, cache, capture, cherry-pick, claim, collect, compile, covet, cull, decide, designate, desire, download, elect, embrace, espouse, fancy, favor, fix, gain, garner, gather, glean, grasp, handpick, harvest, hoard, hunt, invite, locate, mark, name, nominate, obtain, peg, pick, pile, pluck, predetermine, prefer, preselect, prioritize, procure, pull, reap, salvage, scavenge, secure, seize, select, set, slot, snag, snare, source, stockpile, store, stow, strip, tab, tag, take, tap, winnow (≠ -abandon, -avoid, bandy, -decline, deep-six, deselect, discard, discredit, disfavor, dismiss, dissipate, -ditch, donate, drop, dump, eliminate, -eschew, -exclude, -forsake, furnish, give, -ignore, jettison, junk, lavish, lose, -neglect, -nix, offer, -omit, predetermine, -refuse, -reject, remove, -repudiate, retain, scatter, -scorn, scrap, skip, -spurn, squander, supply, toss, trash, -veto, waste)
CHOP (/): amputate, axe, butcher, carve, circumcise, cleave, cut, dice, dismember, dissect, divide, fell, hack, halve, hash, hew, joint, kibble, mash, mince, purée, rend, saw, separate, sever, slam, slash, slice, smite, split, subtract, sunder (≠ add, affix, assemble, attach, bind, build, combine, embed, fuse, graft, grow, implant, join, meld, merge, regenerate, repair, restore, sew, sprout, stitch, strengthen, suture, transplant, unify, unite, weld)
CHOREOGRAPH (+): administer, aim, allocate, arrange, blueprint, budget, calculate, chart, coerce, compel, concert, conduct, constrain, contemplate, contrive, control, correct, design, devise, dictate, direct, draft, drill, engineer, figure, force, frame, govern, handle, instruct, intend, intrigue, lead, machinate, manage, map, mastermind, meditate, oblige, orchestrate, order, organize, outline, oversee, pace, plan, plot, point, premeditate, prepare, project, ready, regulate, require, run, script, shape, sketch, space, steer, strategize, superintend, supervise, teach, time, train, tutor (≠ blow, bobble, botch, bugger, bungle, butcher, discharge, disorganize, execute, flub, follow, fulfill, fumble, half-ass, heed, -ignore, improvise, keep, mangle, mind, mishandle, muddle, muff, obey, observe, perform, ruin, wreck)
CHURN (→): agitate, animate, beat, blend, boil, convulse, disturb, ferment, froth, joggle, jolt, mingle, mix, paddle, puddle, pump, reel, rock, roil, shake, splash, stir, swirl, toss, upset, wash, wheel, whip, whirl, whisk (≠ align, balance, brace, calibrate, calm, center, classify, equalize, fix, hush, level, lull, mellow, mollify, order, organize, regiment, regulate, secure, stabilize, steady, still, tranquilize)
CIRCLE (+): belt, circuit, circulate, circumnavigate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, loop, orbit, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, -sidestep, skirt, spiral, surround, tour, whirl, wind, wrap (≠ accept, -avoid, -bypass, confront, court, -dodge, -escape, face, free, liberate, meet, -neglect, open, pursue, release, seek, welcome)
-CIRCUMVENT (→): -avert, -avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, -blank, -bypass, circle, circumnavigate, cramp, crimp, deceive, deflect, detour, disappoint, disobey, -disregard, divert, -dodge, -duck, dupe, -elude, -end-run, ensnare, entrap, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -flee, flout, foil, fool, frustrate, hoodwink, -ignore, leapfrog, mislead, -obviate, outflank, outwit, overreach, parry, -prevent, queer, ruin, shake, -shirk, -shun, -sidestep, skirt, stump, stymie, subvert, -thwart, trick, ward (≠ accept, accost, aid, approve, assist, authorize, brave, catch, confront, contact, court, embrace, face, follow, guide, help, meet, mind, obey, observe, permit, pursue, seek, support, welcome, woo)
CIVILIZE (+): acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, domesticate, drill, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, foster, housebreak, housetrain, humanize, idealize, implant, improve, indoctrinate, influence, inform, inspire, institute, instruct, mentor, mitigate, moderate, mold, motivate, nurture, pacify, perfect, polish, predispose, prepare, promote, reclaim, refine, school, shape, shine, socialize, sophisticate, spiritualize, sway, tame, teach, train, uplift (≠ abase, abuse, barbarize, bestialize, brutalize, callous, coarsen, condemn, debase, degrade, dehumanize, enrage, hurt, -ignore, infuriate, menace, mislead, -neglect, outrage, savage, subjugate, threaten, torment, unleash, victimize, worsen, wrong)
CLAIM (→): accept, acknowledge, adjure, admit, advance, affirm, allege, announce, approve, argue, assert, assume, assure, attest, avow, believe, broadcast, certify, confess, confirm, contend, convince, corroborate, declare, defend, endorse, express, feign, hold, insist, justify, maintain, plead, pledge, postulate, pretend, proclaim, profess, promise, pronounce, protest, purport, ratify, rationalize, reason, state, submit, support, sustain, testify, uphold, urge, validate, verbalize, verify, vindicate, voice, warrant (≠ -abandon, admit, challenge, confess, confute, consult, contradict, counter, cross-examine, debate, debunk, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, gainsay, grill, interrogate, interview, invalidate, -negate, prove, question, rebut, refute, -reject, -repudiate, retort, scruple, suspect) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
CLAIM (←): accumulate, acquire, add, amass, annex, appropriate, ask, assume, badger, bag, buy, capture, catch, challenge, collect, colonize, command, commandeer, compile, confiscate, conquer, corner, covet, crave, demand, deserve, download, dun, embezzle, enjoin, exact
, fetch, garner, gather, get, glean, grab, grasp, harass, harvest, heap, hoard, hotwire, hound, import, impose, impound, incur, insist, invade, land, lure, net, nobble, obtain, occupy, outbid, overrun, own, palm, pilfer, plead, pluck, poach, pocket, press, procure, purchase, purloin, reap, receive, recover, request, require, requisition, retrieve, scavenge, score, secure, seize, select, snaffle, snag, snatch, source, steal, stipulate, stockpile, swipe, take, target, trademark, usurp, vanquish, want, warrant, win, wrangle (≠ -abandon, anonymize, bandy, bequeath, challenge, commodify, comp, concede, -desert, diffuse, discard, disclaim, -disown, disperse, dispute, -ditch, drop, dump, forfeit, forgo, -forsake, give, grant, hand, jettison, junk, lose, miss, monetize, offload, pass, pay, -reject, release, relinquish, -renounce, sacrifice, scatter, scrap, sell, shed, shuck, slough, spend, squander, surrender, throw, tithe, undershoot, unload, waive, yield)
CLAIM (←): ask, bear, beg, challenge, command, covet, demand, enjoin, entail, exact, insist, involve, press, require, stipulate, take, want, warrant (≠ boast, enjoy, hold, keep, maintain, own, possess, retain) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
CLAIM (←): act, affect, allege, bamboozle, bilk, bluff, bullshit, cheat, con, counterfeit, cover, deceive, defraud, diddle, disguise, dupe, fabricate, fake, falsify, feign, fiddle, fleece, forge, imitate, impersonate, manipulate, outwit, pose, pretend, profess, purport, roleplay, rook, rope, show, simulate, snooker, snow, stage, sucker, swindle, trick, underpay, victimize (≠ accuse, assume, authenticate, believe, confess, confide, confirm, corroborate, debunk, disabuse, discredit, disgrace, dispute, divulge, doubt, expose, humiliate, malign, mock, notarize, -ostracize, pillory, -repudiate, reveal, shame, stigmatize, substantiate, trust, verify)