by Damon Suede
CONDEMN (/): accuse, admonish, arraign, blister, castigate, censure, charge, chasten, chastise, conclude, consign, convict, correct, damn, decide, decree, denounce, determine, discipline, doom, find, impeach, incriminate, indict, judge, outlaw, penalize, predetermine, punish, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, resolve, rule, sentence (≠ absolve, acquit, alibi, approve, bless, cite, clear, commend, endorse, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, honor, pardon, reprieve, right, sanction, spare, tout, vindicate)
CONDENSE (→): abbreviate, abridge, capsule, capsulize, collapse, compact, compress, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, crowd, curtail, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, jam, jam-pack, lessen, miniaturize, narrow, pack, prune, reduce, shorten, shrink, simplify, squeeze, streamline, telescope, truncate (≠ bulge, decompress, diffuse, dilate, disperse, dissipate, distend, enlarge, expand, expound, increase, inflate, open, scatter, stretch, swell)
CONDENSE (+): boil, clarify, clean, cleanse, coagulate, concentrate, deepen, distill, enhance, enrich, evaporate, extract, flush, fortify, harden, heighten, intensify, leach, precipitate, purge, purify, reduce, refine, remove, solidify, strengthen, thicken (≠ adulterate, cut, dilute, disperse, dissolve, divide, flux, liquefy, melt, open, rarefy, separate, soften, thin, unclot, water, weaken)
CONDITION (+): accustom, adapt, adjust, arm, brainwash, calibrate, case-harden, convince, drill, educate, equip, familiarize, groom, habituate, improve, indoctrinate, influence, inure, modify, mold, nourish, practice, prepare, prime, program, ready, reinvigorate, restimulate, restore, retrain, revive, school, season, shape, sharpen, teach, temper, tone, train, transform, treat, tune (≠ brutalize, cannibalize, consume, cripple, debilitate, decondition, deplete, deprogram, disqualify, enervate, exhaust, gaslight, hamstring, incapacitate, sap, soften, weaken, wither, worsen)
CONDONE (+): abet, absolve, accept, accord, acquit, allow, approve, authorize, back, bless, brook, buy, clear, concede, -discount, dismiss, -disregard, endorse, enfranchise, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, explain, forget, forgive, gloss, -ignore, justify, legalize, let, license, okay, -overlook, pardon, permit, ratify, rationalize, release, remit, reprieve, rubber-stamp, sanction, spare, support, tolerate, vindicate, waive, whitewash (≠ accuse, arraign, assess, avenge, blame, censure, charge, condemn, criticize, critique, fault, -forbid, frame, heed, impose, incriminate, indict, mark, mind, -nix, note, -prevent, prosecute, protest, punish, reprimand, -repudiate, resent, scapegoat)
CONDUCT (→): administer, chair, channel, choreograph, concentrate, consolidate, control, direct, engineer, focus, funnel, govern, guard, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, maneuver, micromanage, mind, operate, orchestrate, order, organize, oversee, pace, pilot, pipe, protect, regulate, rule, run, safeguard, siphon, stage-manage, steer, steward, superintend, supervise, tend, time, watch (≠ botch, bungle, -desert, -disregard, follow, -forsake, half-ass, leave, lose, maroon, mishandle, mismanage, misrule, -neglect, obey)
CONDUCT (←): accompany, attend, beam, bear, bring, carry, chaperone, chauffeur, control, convey, convoy, direct, escort, guide, lead, manage, marshal, pilot, route, schlep, shepherd, show, steer, take, transmit, usher (≠ -abandon, compromise, damage, dog, drop, endanger, follow, forget, harm, hound, -neglect, shadow, tail, tailgate, trail)
CONFESS (→): accept, acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, announce, assert, attest, avow, bare, betray, blab, blaze, blurt, break, breathe, broadcast, communicate, concede, confide, confirm, convey, corroborate, declare, disclose, dish, divulge, expose, grant, hint, impart, inform, leak, out, own, proclaim, profess, promulgate, publish, recall, recognize, regret, relay, repent, report, reveal, scandalize, shock, shrive, spill, spread, unbosom, unburden, unload, unveil, verbalize, verify, vocalize, voice, warn, whisper, yield (≠ betray, bluff, bullshit, bury, cheat, conceal, contradict, cover, deceive, defraud, defuse, -deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disguise, -disown, dispute, gainsay, hide, hush, mask, mislead, -negate, negative, obscure, rebut, recant, refute, -reject, -repudiate, retract, revoke, scam, silence, suppress, swindle, trick, veil, withhold)
CONFINE (/): abduct, apprehend, arrest, bar, bind, bound, bust, cage, capture, catch, chain, commit, constrain, constrict, control, convict, cramp, delimit, detain, enchain, encircle, enclose, encumber, enslave, fetter, fix, gate, hamper, handcuff, hogtie, hold, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, institutionalize, intern, jail, jug, keep, limit, lock, manacle, nab, pen, pinch, pinion, regulate, repress, restrain, restrict, seize, shackle, shanghai, shut, straightjacket, tie, trammel, trap, waylay, wrap (≠ aid, allow, aquit, discharge, emancipate, encourage, enfranchise, expand, expose, extricate, free, grant, liberate, loose, manumit, release, rescue, unbind, unbury, uncage, unchain, unfetter)
CONFIRM (+): accept, adduce, affirm, approve, ascertain, assert, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, back, certify, champion, check, clinch, clock, concretize, connote, contextualize, corroborate, crosscheck, declare, demonstrate, depose, determine, document, endorse, ensure, establish, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, favor, greenlight, guarantee, illustrate, instance, manifest, notarize, observe, permit, pledge, promise, prove, ratify, recommend, rubber-stamp, sanction, settle, showcase, state, substantiate, support, testify, underwrite, validate, verify, warrant, witness (≠ addle, annul, assume, baffle, blind, blindfold, -cancel, challenge, confound, confuse, consult, contest, contradict, debate, debunk, deceive, -deny, discredit, disgrace, disguise, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, fake, -forbid, fudge, gainsay, invalidate, mislead, -negate, oppose, overthrow, pretend, -prohibit, proscribe, puzzle, quash, question, -rebuff, -refuse, refute, -reject, -repudiate, revoke, scotch, scruple, suspect, trick, -veto, void)
CONFISCATE (←): abduct, acquire, amass, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attach, bag, capture, catch, collect, commandeer, demand, deprive, garnish, gather, get, glean, grab, harvest, hijack, impound, levy, liberate, monopolize, nab, occupy, pinch, preempt, procure, reap, remove, request, requisition, scavenge, seize, select, sequester, snag, steal, swipe, take, usurp (≠ abdicate, abnegate, allocate, allot, allow, appoint, apportion, assign, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, comp, deliver, distribute, divide, donate, forfeit, free, give, grant, hand, mete, offer, portion, ration, release, relinquish, render, -renounce, resign, restore, return, select, spare, surrender, tender, tithe, volunteer, win, yield)
CONFOUND (/): amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, beat, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, blindside, block, boggle, bother, chagrin, checkmate, cloud, confuse, confute, curb, curse, daze, deafen, defeat, dement, derange, disturb, dumbfound, -elude, embarrass, embroil, ensnare, faze, flabbergast, floor, flummox, foil, frustrate, gaslight, gobsmack, harass, hobble, jumble, mislabel, monkey-wrench, muddle, muzzle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, obstruct, outguess, outwit, overthrow, overwhelm, perplex, puzzle, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, tangle, throw, -thwart, trouble, upset, wrack (≠ advise, assure, authenticate, believe, buoy, clarify, comfort, confirm, corroborate, counsel, decipher, decode, deduce, demonstrate, direct, distinguish, document, educate, elucidate, encourage, enlighten, establish, explain, facilitate, guide, help, illuminate, inform, instruct, lead, manifest, navigate, orient, prove, rally, reassure, right, satisfy, simplify, solve, soothe, steer, straighten, substantiate, support, teach, tidy, train, tutor, uphold, validate, verify)
CONFRONT (→): accost, address, affront, antagonize, approach, assail, assault, attack, battle, beard, block, brave, brazen, breast, buttonhole, challenge, combat, contrast, corner, dare, debate, defend, defy, dispute, disturb, embattle, face, fight, flout, front, -frustrate, -halt, hassle, impugn, intercept, juxtapose, meet, object, obstruct, oppose, picket, present, protest, race, reach, repel, resist, -scorn, show, stand, tackle, withstand, wrangle, wrestle (≠ -abandon, -avoid, -boycott, -bypass, circumnavigate, -circumvent, concede, detour, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, forfeit, shake, -shirk, shortcut, -shun, -sidestep, skip)
CONFUSE (/): abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, bemu
se, bewilder, blindside, boggle, bother, buffalo, chagrin, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, defeat, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorient, distract, disturb, dizzy, dumbfound, -elude, embarrass, embroil, ensnare, faze, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fluster, fog, foil, frustrate, gaslight, gobsmack, hocus-pocus, intoxicate, involve, jumble, misinform, mislabel, mislead, monkey-wrench, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, obstruct, outwit, overwhelm, perplex, perturb, psych, puzzle, rattle, shame, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, tangle, throw, -thwart, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry (≠ advise, analyze, assuage, assure, buoy, clarify, clear, coach, comfort, confirm, corroborate, counsel, crystallize, decipher, decode, deduce, demonstrate, direct, distinguish, educate, elucidate, encourage, enlighten, explain, facilitate, floodlight, guide, help, illuminate, inform, instruct, lead, light, navigate, orient, profile, rally, reassure, right, satisfy, school, settle, simplify, solve, soothe, steer, straighten, support, systematize, teach, tidy, train, tutor)
CONFUSE (/): addle, agitate, befuddle, blend, blur, bollix, churn, clutter, complicate, compound, confound, convulse, derange, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, displace, disrupt, disturb, elaborate, embroil, encumber, entangle, faze, garble, hash, implicate, intermingle, jumble, mess, mingle, mislabel, mislay, mismatch, misplace, mix, muddle, muss, overset, perplex, perturb, ripple, roil, roughen, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, scramble, shuffle, snarl, stir, swirl, tangle, toss, tousle, trouble, tumble, unsettle, untidy, upset, whip, whisk (≠ abbreviate, adjust, align, ameliorate, arrange, array, calibrate, classify, clean, codify, coordinate, cut, disconnect, disentangle, distinguish, divide, ease, -exclude, extricate, fix, free, groom, gussy, hierarchize, line, manicure, marshal, methodize, mitigate, neaten, order, organize, pace, queue, regiment, regulate, remove, right, separate, shorten, sift, simplify, sort, straighten, streamline, systematize, tidy, tune, uncloud, uncomplicate, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle)
CONGRATULATE (+): acknowledge, admire, adulate, affirm, applaud, blandish, bless, boost, cheer, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, glorify, gold-star, hail, high-five, honor, hug, laud, lionize, magnify, praise, salute, stroke, toast (≠ abuse, accuse, badmouth, belittle, berate, blast, boo, chastise, chide, criticize, critique, decry, demean, demonize, deprecate, diminish, -discount, disparage, minimize, mock, pillory, rebuke, ridicule, scold, -scorn, taunt, tease)
CONJURE (←): awaken, beg, beseech, bewitch, brew, charm, compel, conceive, concoct, create, daydream, dream, educe, elicit, enchant, entrance, entreat, envisage, envision, evoke, excite, exorcise, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fascinate, glamour, hallucinate, imagine, importune, insinuate, invent, invoke, levitate, manufacture, materialize, picture, plan, produce, project, raise, recall, recollect, rouse, see, solicit, suggest, summon, urge, visualize, witch (≠ -avert, banish, bless, block, counter, destroy, disenchant, eject, eliminate, eradicate, exorcise, expel, -forbid, -halt, oust, -prevent, -prohibit, remove, repel, shield, -thwart, ward)
CONNECT (+): adhere, affix, articulate, attach, cement, chain, clamp, coalesce, combine, compound, concatenate, conflate, conjugate, constellate, cord, couple, dovetail, fasten, hitch, hook, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, link, mortar, network, secure, span, string, tack, tag, tie, unite, weld, wire, yoke (≠ cleave, detach, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, part, rupture, separate, sever, split, sunder, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke)
CONNECT (+): ally, assemble, bestride, bond, bridge, chain, cluster, coalesce, combine, compile, compound, concatenate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, convene, couple, fuse, gather, hybridize, join, marry, mate, meet, meld, melt, recombine, reconnect, reintegrate, rejoin, reunify, reunite, span, splice, straddle, synthesize, unify, unite, wed (≠ alienate, diffuse, disband, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, disperse, disunite, divide, divorce, isolate, orphan, part, resolve, scatter, seclude, section, separate, sever, split, sunder)
CONNECT (+): ally, associate, bracket, compare, conjoin, correlate, couple, emulate, equate, group, identify, join, liken, link, match, mimic, network, parallel, relate (≠ categorize, characterize, classify, contrast, differentiate, disconnect, distinguish, divorce, juxtapose, seclude, separate, sever, sort)
CONQUER (→): annex, annihilate, appropriate, beat, besiege, best, better, capture, checkmate, clobber, command, commandeer, control, crush, defeat, demolish, dethrone, dominate, dragoon, exterminate, floor, foil, hammer, humble, install, lick, master, obtain, occupy, oppress, outdo, outlast, outmaneuver, outperform, outplay, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overpower, overrun, oversee, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, possess, prostrate, quell, remove, repress, rout, ruin, rule, seize, slaughter, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, succeed, suppress, surmount, take, thrash, top, trounce, trump, usurp, vanquish, whip, win, wrack, wreck (≠ aid, assist, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, follow, forfeit, heal, help, liberate, loosen, lose, manumit, obey, relinquish, serve, submit, subvert, support, surrender, survive, sustain, unbind, uncage, unchain, weather)
CONSECRATE (+): adore, anoint, apotheosize, beatify, bless, dedicate, deify, devote, enshrine, exalt, glorify, hallow, honor, idolize, ordain, revere, sanctify, venerate, vow, worship (≠ blame, blaspheme, canker, condemn, corrupt, desacralize, desanctify, desecrate, despoil, disparage, fault, insult, mock, revile, -scorn, -shun, sully, taint, violate)
CONSERVE (←): accumulate, amass, archive, brine, coffer, deprive, guard, hoard, hog, husband, keep, pickle, pile, preserve, protect, reserve, retain, safeguard, save, scant, scrimp, skimp, squirrel, starve, stash, steward, stockpile, store, stow, stuff, support, suppress, sustain, treasure, tuck, withhold (≠ blow, cannibalize, circulate, consume, deplete, depredate, destroy, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, doom, exhaust, expend, fritter, impoverish, lavish, overfeed, scatter, spend, squander, waste)
CONSERVE (+): cure, defend, fix, guard, heal, husband, maintain, manage, mend, nurse, patch, preserve, protect, rebuild, reconstruct, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, rescue, restore, safeguard, salvage, save, screen, secure, service, shield, support, sustain (≠ annihilate, break, damage, destroy, -disregard, doom, end, harm, hurt, -ignore, impair, injure, -neglect, -nix, obliterate, pulverize, ruin, terminate, torch, wreck)
CONSIDER (←): acknowledge, adjudge, analyze, appraise, ascertain, assess, believe, bemoan, benchmark, calculate, categorize, compare, concede, consult, contemplate, count, credit, critique, envisage, estimate, evaluate, examine, eye, favor, gauge, grade, grant, inspect, judge, lament, learn, liken, measure, mourn, mull, number, numerate, observe, ogle, peg, peruse, ponder, prioritize, rank, rate, read, reappraise, reassess, reckon, recognize, reflect, regard, regret, remember, respect, scan, scope, scrutinize, sense, study, suppose, weigh, wonder (≠ -abandon, addle, baffle, blind, blindfold, -bypass, cheat, clothe, confound, confuse, costume, deceive, determine, disbelieve, discard, -discount, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disguise, dismiss, -disregard, doubt, -exclude, fake, forget, -forsake, fudge, -ignore, leave, mask, misgauge, misjudge, mislead, miss, muddle, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, perplex, pooh-pooh, question, -reject, scam, -scorn, scruple, suspect, trick, vilify) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
CONSOLE (+): aid, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, brighten, calm, cheer, comfort, compose, cool, cure, ease, embolden, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, help, hush, inspire, lift, lighten, lull, mellow, mollify, nurture, pacify, placate, please, quell, quiet, reassure, relieve, remedy, sedate, soothe, still, subdue, support, tranquilize, upraise (≠ aggravate, agitate, anguish, annoy, antagonize, crucify, demoralize, depress, discourage, dishearten, dissuade, distress, disturb, exacerbate, grieve, harass, hassle, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, nettle, niggle, nitpick, overset, sadden, torment, torture, trouble, upset, worry, worsen, wound)
CONSOLIDATE (+): align, amalgamate, assemble, blend, center, centralize, coalesce, collate, collect, combine, compact, compil
e, concentrate, conjoin, coordinate, focus, fuse, gather, harmonize, hybridize, incorporate, integrate, join, link, merge, orchestrate, polarize, reduce, reintegrate, reunify, reunite, synthesize, unify, unite (≠ atomize, chunk, decentralize, deconcentrate, diffuse, disperse, divide, fracture, fragment, partition, portion, pulverize, scatter, segregate, separate, shatter, sift, split, spread, winnow)
CONSOLIDATE (+): accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, aggravate, amp, amplify, augment, beef, boost, broaden, catalyze, cement, deepen, emphasize, enforce, enhance, enlarge, enliven, exacerbate, expand, extend, fortify, hasten, heighten, increase, intensify, lengthen, magnify, maximize, quicken, redouble, reinforce, secure, sharpen, stabilize, strengthen, stress, supplement (≠ abate, adulterate, alleviate, decrease, diminish, ease, lessen, lighten, minimize, moderate, reduce, subdue, weaken)
CONSTRAIN (→): bully, coerce, command, compel, demand, dragoon, drive, force, impel, muscle, obligate, oblige, overcommit, press, pressure, railroad, sandbag, strong-arm, urge (≠ allege, block, daunt, -frustrate, -halt, impede, insinuate, obstruct, occlude, -prevent, -prohibit, stymie, suggest, -thwart)