Activate

by Damon Suede

  COOL (←): aerate, air-condition, chill, fan, freeze, frost, ice, refresh, refrigerate, supercool, ventilate (≠ bake, boil, broil, crisp, heat, sauté, scorch, sear, steam, toast, warm)

  COOL (+): abate, allay, assuage, block, blunt, calm, check, compose, curb, curtail, dampen, decrease, defuse, diminish, ease, hush, lessen, lull, mellow, minimize, moderate, mollify, pacify, -prevent, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, sober, soothe, temper, tranquilize (≠ accent, accentuate, amplify, augment, emphasize, exacerbate, excite, fuel, increase, instigate, intensify, maximize, stimulate, strengthen)

  COORDINATE (+): align, arrange, assort, balance, blend, bond, conjoin, correlate, defray, dovetail, fuse, groove, harmonize, hybridize, integrate, match, meet, merge, mesh, order, organize, pace, parallel, pool, quarterback, regiment, regulate, square, synchronize, systematize, tabulate, tally (≠ alienate, bar, -cancel, confuse, contradict, contrast, counter, counteract, disband, dismiss, disorder, -exclude, jar, jumble, juxtapose, mismatch, muddle, -negate, offset, override, scramble, tangle)

  COORDINATE (+): accommodate, adapt, adjust, align, approximate, arrange, array, attune, balance, blend, calibrate, center, combine, complement, connect, contemporize, correlate, dovetail, equalize, even, fit, fuse, harmonize, hybridize, integrate, join, key, match, merge, network, orchestrate, order, pair, personalize, proportion, reconcile, regularize, reintegrate, relate, reunite, square, standardize, suit, synchronize, synthesize, time, tune, unify, unite, unskew (≠ alienate, confuse, customize, disaffect, disarray, disintegrate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, estrange, -ignore, interrupt, jar, mismatch, -omit, -ostracize, -reject, rock, shake, skew, unsettle, upset)

  COP (←): appropriate, filch, grab, hook, lift, misappropriate, nab, nobble, pinch, pluck, plunder, poach, pocket, remove, seize, shanghai, shoplift, snaffle, snag, snatch, sneak, steal, swindle, swipe, take (≠ buy, comp, defend, donate, earn, give, offer, protect, recover, rescue, restore, return, secure, shield)

  COPY (←): bootleg, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, crib, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, duplicate, engrave, engross, fake, forge, freeboot, imitate, limn, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, picture, pirate, plagiarize, portray, print, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, retrace, rewrite, scan, sculpt, trace, transcribe (≠ authenticate, coin, compose, concoct, create, devise, discover, fabricate, formulate, invent, notarize, originate, verify)

  COPY (+): adopt, affect, ape, borrow, burlesque, caricature, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, express, exteriorize, externalize, fake, follow, illustrate, imitate, impersonate, incorporate, mimic, mirror, mock, model, parody, parrot, personify, phony, playact, prefigure, pretend, repeat, replicate, roleplay, simulate, steal, travesty, typify (≠ confess, contradict, counter, direct, divulge, expose, -halt, oppose, originate, -prevent, prove, reveal, reverse, stop)

  CORK (→): block, bung, cap, choke, close, congest, contain, cover, fill, jam, pack, plug, ram, seal, stem, stopper, stopple, stuff (≠ broach, burst, clear, crack, decant, drizzle, effuse, open, pour, syrup, trickle, uncover, unseal)

  CORNER (→): absorb, bogart, burden, clog, command, consume, control, copyright, corner, dictate, direct, dominate, employ, engross, -exclude, exploit, flood, govern, hog, hold, inundate, keep, manage, monopolize, overload, overwhelm, own, patent, possess, restrain, rule, saturate, syndicate, use, utilize (≠ allocate, allot, bestow, dispense, -disregard, distribute, divide, forfeit, furnish, lose, offer, provide, -reject, release, scatter, share)

  CORNER (←): block, bottle, box, cage, capture, catch, collar, confine, constrain, curb, fool, force, hamper, hinder, hunt, impede, limit, mousetrap, nab, pinion, restrict, seize, snare, trap, trick, trouble, waylay (≠ -abandon, allow, chase, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, miss, permit, release, unleash)

  CORRAL (←): abduct, apprehend, arrest, bag, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, collar, cop, corner, detain, ensnare, entangle, entrap, get, glom, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, halter, hold, hook, kidnap, land, lasso, nab, nail, net, rap, rope, secure, seize, snaffle, snag, snare, snatch, trap, wrangle (≠ -abandon, -bypass, discharge, -disregard, drop, free, liberate, loosen, lose, miss, release, unhand)

  CORRAL (+): accumulate, amass, archive, armor, arrange, assemble, attract, band, bound, box, brand, brigade, bring, bunch, cage, circumscribe, closet, cluster, cocoon, collate, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, confine, congregate, conjure, connect, constellate, contain, convene, coop, cover, crate, draw, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, envelop, fence, fold, frame, garner, gather, glean, graze, group, guide, heap, hedge, hem, herd, hive, hold, house, immure, impound, imprison, include, join, limit, link, lump, manage, marshal, merge, milk, muster, organize, pack, pen, pile, pool, press, pull, raise, rally, regiment, regroup, restrict, reunite, ring, scavenge, stable, stack, stockpile, summon, surround, swarm, systematize, throng, unite, wall, wrangle (≠ -abandon, alienate, diffuse, disaffect, disband, discard, disgorge, disintegrate, dismiss, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, divide, eject, expel, forfeit, isolate, jettison, loose, -omit, -reject, remove, scatter, seclude, segregate, send, separate, sever, share, split, unbridle, unleash)

  CORRECT (→): adapt, adjust, align, annul, balance, calibrate, -cancel, check, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, defeat, defray, equalize, expense, foil, -frustrate, harmonize, hinder, indemnify, invalidate, level, minimize, -negate, neuter, neutralize, -nullify, offset, oppose, outbalance, outweigh, override, overrule, -prevent, redeem, redress, relieve, remedy, resist, set, square, -thwart, tune, undo (≠ accent, accentuate, accrue, aggravate, amplify, assert, assist, augment, boost, deepen, emphasize, exacerbate, fuel, heighten, increase, inflame, irritate, maximize, provoke, sharpen, support, vex, worsen)

  CORRECT (+): adjust, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, blue-pencil, calibrate, change, clean, critique, cure, cut, debug, disabuse, doctor, edit, elaborate, embellish, emend, enhance, finesse, fix, flavor, further, garnish, grace, help, improve, launder, mend, modify, modulate, optimize, overhaul, pace, patch, perfect, polish, proofread, punctuate, reclaim, reconceive, reconceptualize, reconstruct, rectify, red-pen, red-pencil, redraft, redraw, redress, refine, reform, regulate, reimagine, reinvent, rejigger, remedy, remodel, renovate, reorganize, repair, rephrase, reshape, reshuffle, restyle, rethink, retool, retouch, revamp, review, revise, revolutionize, rework, rewrite, right, scrub, shine, shorten, shuffle, sort, straighten, sugarcoat, tweak, upgrade (≠ aggravate, bastardize, blemish, botch, break, callous, canker, coarsen, corrupt, cripple, damage, debase, deface, depress, destroy, disable, disfigure, disorder, doom, efface, half-ass, -halt, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, injure, kill, maim, maintain, mangle, mar, mutilate, -neglect, ruin, scotch, spoil, suborn, tarnish, upset, wear, worsen, wreck, wrong)

  CORRECT (/): afflict, agonize, anguish, assess, avenge, burden, castigate, charge, chasten, chastise, condemn, confine, convict, criticize, crucify, damn, deduct, demonize, denounce, discipline, distress, dock, encumber, fine, foist, handicap, impose, judge, keelhaul, lambaste, levy, mulct, penalize, persecute, pillory, punish, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, sentence, torture, wreak (≠ absolve, acquit, commute, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, forfeit, forgive, -ignore, pardon, ransom, release, reprieve, spare, vindicate)

  CORROBORATE (+): accept, acknowledge, adduce, adjure, admit, affirm, approve, argue, assert, assure, attest, authenticate, avow, back, bolster, buttress, certify, check, claim, concretize, confess, confirm, connote, consult, contend, contextualize, convince, crosscheck, cross-examine, declare, demonstrate, depose, determine, document, double-check, endorse, ensure, establish, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, express, externalize, grill, guarantee, illustrate, instance, interrogate, interview, justify, maintain, manifest, notarize, observe, okay, pledge, proclaim, profess, promise, pronounce, prove, ratify, reinforce, rubber-stamp, showcase, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, testify, underpin, uphold, validate, verbalize, verify, vindicate, voice, warrant, witness (≠ baffle, blind
, challenge, confound, confuse, contest, contradict, debate, debunk, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, fake, fudge, gainsay, invalidate, mislead, mistake, mystify, -overlook, puzzle, question, rebut, refute, -reject, -repudiate, scruple, suspect, trick, undercut, undermine, weaken)

  CORRODE (/): abrade, bite, blemish, burn, canker, consume, corrupt, crumble, damage, decimate, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, disintegrate, dissolve, eat, erode, fret, gnaw, harshen, impair, mar, nibble, rot, roughen, ruin, rust, scour, spot, sully, tarnish, waste, wreck (≠ aid, bronze, build, construct, embalm, enhance, fortify, freshen, help, preserve, protect, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, revive, seal, strengthen)

  CORRUPT (←): allure, bait, bed, beguile, bribe, bully, butter, buy, coerce, convince, debase, debauch, deceive, defile, degrade, demean, deprave, dishonor, doctor, entice, falsify, finagle, fix, flatter, fudge, goad, grease, hustle, induce, influence, lure, massage, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, motivate, nobble, oil, overpay, patronize, pay, persuade, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, provoke, schmooze, seduce, snare, spur, square, stimulate, suborn, subvert, sway, sweet-talk, taint, tempt, trap, urge, warp (≠ absolve, acquit, defend, discipline, excuse, expose, free, guard, honor, maintain, moralize, pardon, preserve, protect, punish, purify, redeem, -refuse, -reject, rescue, save, sustain, uphold)

  CORRUPT (/): abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, befoul, begrime, belittle, bend, besmear, besmirch, bestialize, blemish, blight, boot, bowdlerize, brutalize, canker, cheapen, contaminate, contort, corrode, crook, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deflower, deform, degrade, dehumanize, demean, demoralize, demote, deprave, depreciate, desecrate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, diminish, dirty, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, distort, doctor, doom, downgrade, efface, fix, flaw, harm, harshen, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, incriminate, infect, injure, lessen, lower, lure, maltreat, mangle, mar, mistreat, misuse, mortify, mutate, outrage, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, sabotage, savage, seduce, shame, soil, spoil, stain, suborn, subvert, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, undercut, undermine, victimize, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, waste, weaken, wreck, wrong (≠ better, bless, chasten, cherish, clarify, clean, cleanse, decontaminate, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, exalt, hallow, honor, improve, moralize, optimize, overhaul, perfect, pity, praise, protect, purge, purify, quarantine, rarefy, rectify, refine, regret, respect, restore, revere, revolutionize, sanctify, shrive, treasure, upgrade, uplift, worship)

  COUNSEL (→): admonish, advise, advocate, alert, apprise, brief, caution, charge, confer, consult, convince, cue, direct, edify, educate, encourage, enjoin, enlighten, exhort, forewarn, guide, inform, instruct, notify, order, prescribe, prompt, recommend, school, shepherd, steer, suggest, teach, tout, tutor, urge, warn (≠ answer, betray, brake, check, conceal, constrain, curb, deceive, demotivate, -deter, discourage, dissuade, feign, fool, -forbid, mask, outwit, pretend, restrain, trick, withhold)

  COUNTER (→): affront, answer, antagonize, baffle, battle, beat, bilk, buck, challenge, check, checkmate, -circumvent, combat, confront, contradict, contravene, counteract, countermand, cross, dare, dash, debate, defy, disappoint, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, face, fight, foil, -frustrate, gaslight, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, invalidate, match, meet, monkey-wrench, muzzle, obstruct, offset, oppose, override, parry, pit, protest, race, -rebuff, resist, retort, return, ruin, scruple, -thwart, withstand (≠ abide, accept, advance, allow, back, brave, champion, cultivate, encourage, endorse, endure, foster, nourish, permit, promote, rubber-stamp, stomach, suffer, support, uphold, weather)

  COUNTERACT (/): annul, buck, -cancel, challenge, check, checkmate, confound, confront, contravene, correct, counter, counterbalance, countermand, countervail, cross, defeat, defy, disobey, expiate, fix, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hinder, invalidate, monkey-wrench, muzzle, -negate, neuter, neutralize, -nullify, offset, oppose, outbalance, outweigh, override, overrule, -prevent, protest, realign, rectify, redeem, redress, relieve, remedy, resist, retort, right, subvert, -thwart, undo (≠ advance, aid, approve, assist, augment, boost, elevate, encourage, enhance, escalate, foster, further, hasten, help, maintain, prioritize, promote, quicken, support, sustain)

  COUNTERFEIT (←): adulterate, cheat, concoct, cook, copy, crib, doctor, duplicate, fabricate, fake, forge, fudge, hocus-pocus, imitate, invent, juggle, manipulate, phony, plagiarize, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, simulate (≠ attest, authenticate, certify, confirm, convince, corroborate, crosscheck, debunk, endorse, expose, notarize, police, ratify, substantiate, validate, verify)

  COUNTERFEIT (→): act, adopt, affect, assume, bluff, camouflage, clone, conceal, costume, disguise, dissimulate, dupe, emulate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, mask, mimic, play, playact, pose, pretend, profess, roleplay, simulate (≠ bare, betray, confess, confirm, confront, convince, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, flaunt, reveal, show, uncloak, unmask)

  COUPLE (+): ally, assemble, associate, attach, bind, bracket, buckle, chain, clasp, cluster, coalesce, combine, compound, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, constellate, convene, fasten, fuse, gather, harness, hitch, hook, hybridize, integrate, join, link, marry, match, mate, network, pair, recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite, splice, synthesize, unify, unite, wed, yoke (≠ break, detach, diffuse, disband, disconnect, disperse, divide, divorce, isolate, mismatch, orphan, part, scatter, seclude, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink)

  COURT (←): allure, attend, beckon, beguile, beseech, bewitch, blandish, captivate, charm, chase, coddle, date, desire, enchant, encourage, engage, engross, enthrall, entice, escort, fancy, fascinate, flatter, hypnotize, interest, invite, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, propose, pursue, razzle-dazzle, rivet, romance, seduce, see, serenade, spark, spoon, sway, sweet-talk, target, tease, tempt, urge, win, woo, wow (≠ abuse, affront, aggravate, alienate, annoy, assault, attack, -avoid, bore, chill, -cut, -deter, disgust, -disregard, dissuade, -elude, foil, -ignore, irk, irritate, nauseate, -neglect, offend, -ostracize, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, repel, repulse, revolt, -shun, sicken, -snub, -spurn, terrorize, torment, weary, worry)

  COURT (←): attract, blandish, bootlick, congratulate, cultivate, entreat, facilitate, flatter, follow, hunt, importune, incite, ingratiate, invite, please, praise, prompt, provoke, pursue, risk, search, seek, solicit, spark, tantalize, tease, tempt, woo (≠ complicate, delay, demotivate, discourage, -disregard, hamper, hinder, -ignore, impede, obstruct, -prevent, protest, shelve, -spurn, stall, stymie, -thwart, troll)

  COVER (→): accoutre, attire, blanket, bronze, buckle, button, cake, canopy, cap, carpet, circle, cloak, clothe, coat, costume, crown, curtain, daub, deck, drape, dress, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enshroud, envelop, gild, layer, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, paper, pave, plaster, plate, roughcast, shawl, sheathe, shroud, spackle, spread, surface, swaddle, swathe, tent, thatch, tile, veil, wallpaper, wrap (≠ bare, denude, disrobe, excoriate, expose, find, peel, remove, reveal, scour, scrub, shuck, strip, unbuckle, unbutton, uncover, unearth, unwrap)

  COVER (←): comprehend, concern, consider, contain, describe, detail, embody, embrace, encompass, entail, examine, include, incorporate, instance, investigate, involve, meet, mention, name, note, notice, orbit, present, quote, reach, report, review, specify, survey, treat (≠ -disregard, eliminate, -exclude, forget, -ignore, miss, -neglect, -omit, oust, -overlook, -reject, skip, -slight) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  COVER (+): armor, bulwark, buttress, canopy, cap, cloak, clothe, costume, crown, defend, disguise, drape, guard, harbor, hood, house, mask, obscure, pall, patrol, protect, reinforce, safeguard, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, stash, tuck, veil, watch (≠ -abandon, attack, bare, denude, -disregard, expose, forget, harm, -ignore, reveal, sabotage, scotch, scupper, strip, uncover, undermine)

  COVER (/): beclo
ud, bedim, befog, belie, blanket, bleep, block, blot, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cloud, conceal, curtain, darken, disguise, eclipse, encase, enclose, ensconce, enshroud, gild, gloss, hide, holster, hood, mask, niche, obscure, obstruct, occlude, occult, -omit, overlap, overshadow, screen, secrete, shade, sheathe, shroud, smother, spackle, suppress, varnish, veil, whitewash, wrap, wreathe (≠ accost, advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, broadcast, circulate, clarify, confess, confide, confirm, confront, disclose, discover, display, disseminate, divulge, expose, flaunt, floodlight, hype, illuminate, parade, presell, present, proclaim, publicize, publish, reveal, show, showcase, spread, telegraph, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil, wag)

  COVET (←): admire, adore, anticipate, appreciate, await, begrudge, cherish, choose, crave, demand, desire, dig, enjoy, envy, expect, fancy, favor, fetishize, grasp, grudge, hope, hunt, love, prefer, prize, pursue, relish, resent, seek, stalk, target, treasure, value, want, welcome, wish (≠ abhor, abjure, abominate, -avoid, -decline, -despise, -detest, disfavor, forfeit, -forsake, give, -hate, -loathe, nauseate, -refuse, -reject, -renounce, -scorn, -shun, -spurn)

  CRACK (→): break, debug, decipher, decode, decrypt, deduce, descramble, detect, explore, fathom, hack, infiltrate, jack, profile, render, resolve, solve, translate, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, work (≠ baffle, cipher, code, defend, encipher, encode, encrypt, garble, jumble, miscommunicate, misunderstand, muddle, perplex, puzzle, scramble, stymie)