by Damon Suede
DELIVER (→): bear, bootleg, bring, carry, cart, chauffeur, convey, courier, dispatch, distribute, drop, give, hand, hand-carry, pass, remit, schlep, send, smuggle, supply, take, transport, truck, waft (≠ -abandon, acquire, collect, discard, -ditch, dump, guard, hoard, hog, hold, keep, lose, remove, retain, squirrel, stash, stint, trash, tuck, withhold)
DELIVER (→): -abandon, abnegate, administer, advance, allocate, apportion, assign, beam, bequeath, cede, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, deal, deed, delegate, -desert, discard, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, dollop, entrust, force-feed, forfeit, -forsake, furnish, give, grant, hand, leave, lend, loan, mete, overfeed, parcel, pass, portion, prorate, recommend, release, relinquish, render, -renounce, resign, shed, submit, supply, surrender, transfer, transmit, trust, vest, waive, will, yield (≠ accept, budget, capture, conserve, detain, hold, inherit, keep, limit, occupy, own, possess, preserve, receive, reserve, restrain, restrict, retain, take, withhold)
DELIVER (→): administer, aim, beam, contribute, deal, direct, dispatch, drizzle, fling, fulfill, give, hurl, implement, inflict, launch, pitch, pour, provide, provision, reprovision, send, strike, supply, target, throw, transmit, trickle, wing (≠ -abort, block, -cancel, -disregard, foil, -halt, hamper, impede, monkey-wrench, -neglect, oppose, -prevent, -prohibit, stop, stymie, -thwart, weaken)
DELIVER (+): acquit, discharge, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, loose, ransom, recover, redeem, release, rescue, salvage, save, unchain, unshackle (≠ compromise, confine, detain, endanger, hazard, imperil, imprison, jeopardize, restrain, restrict, risk, straightjacket)
DEMAND (←): abuse, arrogate, ask, assail, badger, batter, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, bombard, challenge, charge, cite, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, covet, crave, dictate, direct, dun, enforce, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, fetishize, flay, foist, force, hammer, harass, harry, hit, hound, implore, importune, impose, insist, interrogate, invade, invite, involve, knock, lash, lunge, muscle, nag, oblige, order, outlast, pester, petition, plead, postulate, pound, press, pressure, question, reclaim, recoup, recover, request, require, requisition, rescue, retrieve, sandbag, savage, scarify, scathe, scavenge, scorch, seek, solicit, stipulate, sue, summon, tackle, take, target, tax, urge, want, warrant (≠ bequeath, bestow, blandish, cajole, coax, contribute, dispense, eliminate, give, grant, locate, mind, obey, -obviate, offer, palaver, produce, relinquish, rid, schmooze, soft-sell, soft-soap, spare, supply, surrender, sweet-talk, volunteer, wheedle, yield)
DEMAND (←): accommodate, ask, bear, beg, challenge, claim, command, constrain, enjoin, entail, exact, favor, indulge, insist, involve, oblige, press, railroad, require, stipulate, take, want, warrant (≠ -decline, -deny, deprive, eliminate, hoard, hog, hold, keep, lend, loan, -obviate, own, possess, starve, stint, withhold)
DEMAND (←): anticipate, ask, assess, await, bill, bring, charge, command, discount, expense, fetch, gazump, invoice, mark, overcharge, price, undercharge, value (≠ bankroll, buy, comp, compensate, donate, fund, import, indemnify, inherit, meet, offer, pay, scant, skimp, spare, starve, stint, tender, underwrite, volunteer, yield)
DEMEAN (/): abase, abash, abuse, affront, badmouth, bedraggle, befoul, begrime, belittle, besmear, besmirch, bestialize, blemish, boo, brutalize, castigate, castrate, censure, chasten, cheapen, condemn, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, criticize, damage, damn, debase, debauch, decry, deface, defame, defile, degrade, dehumanize, demonize, demoralize, demote, denounce, deprave, depreciate, desecrate, destroy, deteriorate, detract, devalue, dilute, diminish, dirty, discomfit, disconcert, -discount, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, execrate, faze, flaw, fluster, foul, harm, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, incriminate, insult, lessen, libel, lower, malign, mar, minimize, mortify, nonplus, pervert, pillory, poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, rattle, ravish, reduce, ridicule, ruin, savage, seduce, shame, sideline, sink, slander, smirch, soil, spoil, stain, subvert, sully, taint, tarnish, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, weaken, wreck, wrong (≠ admire, advance, affirm, aggrandize, amplify, applaud, approve, better, boost, canonize, celebrate, cleanse, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, deify, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, glorify, gold-star, heroicize, heroize, high-five, honor, idealize, improve, magnify, moralize, optimize, perfect, praise, prioritize, promote, purify, raise, rarefy, reclaim, rectify, redeem, refine, reform, rehabilitate, respect, restore, revere, romanticize, salute, sanctify, sentimentalize, tout, upgrade, uplift, value, worship)
DEMOLISH (/): abolish, annihilate, assault, atomize, attack, batter, beat, blast, bomb, break, bulldoze, burst, bury, cannibalize, checkmate, clobber, collapse, conquer, cow, cream, crush, decimate, deep-six, defeat, desolate, destroy, detonate, devastate, devour, discomfit, disintegrate, dismantle, dispatch, doom, drub, dust, dynamite, eclipse, end, engulf, enslave, eradicate, explode, exterminate, extirpate, fell, finish, flatten, floor, fracture, fragment, gulp, knock, level, lick, master, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, plunder, prostrate, pulverize, quash, quell, ravage, raven, raze, reduce, rout, ruin, shatter, shellac, sink, skin, skunk, slaughter, smash, smoke, smother, steamroller, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surpass, tame, thrash, topple, torpedo, trample, trounce, trump, vanquish, vaporize, wallop, wax, whip, whomp, whup, wrack, wreck (≠ assemble, augment, begin, boost, brainstorm, bring, build, catalyze, commence, conceive, construct, craft, create, design, develop, elevate, engender, enhance, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, foster, found, generate, gentrify, improve, machine, maintain, manufacture, mend, organize, perpetuate, preserve, produce, prop, protect, raise, rear, rebuild, rectify, renovate, repair, rescue, restore, salvage, save, sculpt, secure, shape, strengthen, support, survive, sustain, upgrade, weather, withstand)
DEMORALIZE (/): abash, afflict, appall, blackmail, boobytrap, bother, break, browbeat, brutalize, bug, bully, chagrin, cheapen, chill, cow, craze, cripple, crush, dampen, daunt, deaden, debilitate, decry, defame, deflate, demotivate, deplete, depress, deprive, derange, -deter, devitalize, diminish, disable, disappoint, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disquiet, distress, disturb, douse, drain, emasculate, embarrass, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, faze, frighten, frustrate, horrify, impair, incapacitate, indispose, intimidate, irk, jade, jumble, madden, muddle, neuter, nonplus, oppress, overset, paralyze, perturb, prostrate, psych, rattle, sabotage, sadden, sap, scare, shake, shelve, snarl, soften, stymie, subvert, terrify, terrorize, tire, trash-talk, trouble, unbalance, undercut, undermine, undo, unhinge, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, vex, waste, weaken, weigh, worry (≠ animate, bolster, boost, brace, buoy, buttress, comfort, dignify, elate, encourage, energize, exalt, excite, fortify, galvanize, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, nerve, quicken, rally, reassure, reinforce, restore, steady, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, uplift)
DEMORALIZE (/): abase, befoul, begrime, blemish, cheapen, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, debauch, deface, defile, degrade, demean, deprave, depreciate, destroy, deteriorate, dilute, dirty, disgrace, dishonor, doom, downgrade, flaw, harm, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, lessen, mar, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, ruin, shame, spoil, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, tarnish, thin, vitiate, warp, water, weaken, wreck (≠ ameliorate, amend, better, clarify, clean, cleanse, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enrich, exalt, honor, improve, moralize, perfect, purify, refine, respect, restore, uplift)
DEMOTE (/): abase, belittle, bench, boot, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, debase, declass, degrade, demean, denigrate, depose, deprecate, depreciate, detract, devalue, discipline, -discount, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, dismiss, disparage, downgrade, fire, flunk, humble, humiliate, lower, punish, reduce, relegate, sack, shame, sideline (≠ advance, aggrandize, boost, catapult, certify, commend, elevate, encourage, exalt, favor, further, hire, honor, impress, improve, nominate, optimize, overhaul, prefer, prioritize, promote, propel, raise, revolutionize, upg
rade)
DENIGRATE (/): abuse, admonish, assail, badmouth, belittle, besmear, besmirch, betray, blacken, blackguard, blame, blister, boo, burlesque, calumniate, caricature, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, cheapen, chide, condemn, criticize, decry, defame, defile, demean, demonize, denounce, deprecate, deride, detract, diminish, disapprove, -discount, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, dismiss, disparage, disrespect, diss, fault, frame, fulminate, humiliate, impugn, incriminate, insult, jeer, kid, knock, libel, malign, mimic, minimize, mock, neg, pillory, rag, razz, -renounce, reproach, revile, ride, ridicule, rip, roast, scandalize, scapegoat, scold, -scorn, shame, slander, slur, smear, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, taunt, traduce, upbraid, vilify, wrong (≠ acclaim, affirm, applaud, approve, boost, brave, brook, cherish, commend, compliment, congratulate, countenance, dignify, endorse, eulogize, exaggerate, exalt, extol, face, favor, fetishize, glamorize, glorify, gold-star, heroicize, heroize, high-five, idealize, lionize, magnify, overvalue, poeticize, praise, prioritize, recommend, romanticize, sensationalize, sentimentalize, stomach, tolerate)
DENOUNCE (/): accuse, allege, anathematize, arraign, attack, badmouth, berate, besmear, besmirch, betray, blacken, blacklist, blame, boo, -boycott, brand, calumniate, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, cite, condemn, contemn, contradict, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, defame, demean, demonize, denunciate, -deny, deplore, detract, disavow, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, excoriate, execrate, expose, fault, finger, frame, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, inculpate, indict, knock, libel, malign, muckrake, -ostracize, picket, pillory, proscribe, prosecute, protest, rebuke, refute, reprimand, reproach, reprove, -repudiate, resent, revile, rubbish, scandalize, scapegoat, scold, shame, skin, slander, slate, smear, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, threaten, traduce, trash, upbraid, vilify, vituperate (≠ absolve, accept, advocate, aid, alibi, applaud, assist, brave, brook, clear, commend, congratulate, countenance, elevate, embolden, encourage, exculpate, exonerate, face, glorify, honor, incite, instigate, legalize, pardon, praise, promote, prove, recognize, salute, spare, stomach, support, tolerate, tout, uphold, venerate)
-DENY (/): abjure, abnegate, begrudge, challenge, confute, contradict, counteract, debate, deplete, deprive, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, forswear, gainsay, impoverish, invalidate, malnourish, -negate, negative, -nullify, oppose, rebut, recant, refute, -reject, repossess, -repudiate, revoke, scant, scruple, seize, skimp, starve, stint, suspect, traverse, withhold (≠ accede, accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, affirm, allow, announce, approve, assert, authenticate, avow, bestow, blab, blaze, blurt, circulate, claim, concede, confess, confirm, convince, corroborate, crosscheck, declare, disseminate, embrace, espouse, grant, maintain, offer, own, pour, profess, submit, substantiate, validate, verify, volunteer) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
-DENY (/): amputate, -balk, ban, banish, bar, block, -boycott, check, constrain, control, curb, -decline, deport, disallow, disapprove, discard, dismiss, -disown, disqualify, enjoin, -eschew, evict, -exclude, -excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, -forbid, forgo, -forsake, hinder, hold, -ignore, impede, inhibit, keep, -nix, obstruct, -omit, oppress, -ostracize, oust, outlaw, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, relegate, remove, repel, repress, restrain, restrict, sacrifice, -spurn, straightjacket, suppress, -veto, withhold (≠ accede, accord, afford, allow, authorize, commission, concede, contribute, disburse, dispense, encourage, furnish, give, grant, greenlight, legalize, let, license, obtain, okay, permit, provide, ratify, recover, request, restore, sanction, seek, source, supply, validate, vindicate, vouchsafe, warrant)
DEPICT (→): caricature, delineate, describe, diagram, document, draw, illustrate, image, outline, paint, picture, portray, render, represent, show, silhouette, sketch, trace (≠ blot, cloak, conceal, delete, eclipse, efface, erase, expunge, mask, obliterate, remove, smear, smudge, veil, wipe)
DEPICT (←): characterize, chronicle, conjure, define, delineate, demonstrate, describe, detail, display, draft, draw, exhibit, hint, illustrate, image, label, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, précis, profile, qualify, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, render, report, represent, reproduce, show, showcase, silhouette, sketch, spiel, suggest, summarize, tell, trace, vignette (≠ color, distort, falsify, garble, miscommunicate, misdescribe, mislabel, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
DEPLETE (←): abate, abbreviate, abridge, attenuate, bankrupt, beggar, bleed, bob, cannibalize, clip, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consume, contract, crop, cull, curtail, debilitate, decrease, deduct, deflate, depredate, deprive, devitalize, devour, diminish, disable, dispel, disperse, dissipate, downgrade, drain, draw, dry, eat, empty, enervate, enfeeble, erode, exhaust, expend, fatigue, finish, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, jade, leach, leech, lessen, lighten, lower, milk, minimize, nip, overextend, overtax, overwork, pare, prune, reduce, sap, shave, shear, shorten, shrink, slather, spend, squander, strain, straiten, taper, tax, tire, trim, truncate, undermine, unhinge, -void, waste, weaken, weary, weed, whittle, wither (≠ accent, accentuate, accrue, amplify, augment, bolster, boost, budget, bulge, buttress, complement, conserve, create, develop, dilate, distend, elongate, emphasize, energize, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, fill, fortify, heighten, hoard, increase, inflate, intensify, invigorate, lard, lengthen, maximize, pickle, preserve, prolong, raise, rebuild, recoup, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, repair, replace, replenish, restimulate, restore, revive, save, strengthen, supplement)
DEPLOY (→): activate, allocate, apply, arrange, brandish, cannibalize, circulate, diffuse, direct, display, disseminate, distribute, embattle, employ, exercise, expand, exploit, extend, garrison, handle, harness, manipulate, operate, position, recycle, redistribute, reuse, run, scatter, station, unfold, use, utilize, wield, work (≠ conceal, conclude, -decline, defer, delay, -deny, disallow, displace, disturb, end, finish, hide, -ignore, keep, misapply, misuse, -neglect, -nix, postpone, -refuse, -reject, withhold)
DEPORT (/): banish, denaturalize, dismiss, displace, eject, eliminate, evict, -exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, -ostracize, oust, -reject, relegate, repatriate, transport (≠ accept, admit, adopt, entertain, harbor, house, invite, naturalize, permit, receive, shelter, welcome)
DEPOSE (/): banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, chase, chuck, defrock, degrade, demote, deprive, dethrone, discharge, dismiss, displace, downgrade, eject, expel, extrude, fire, impeach, oust, overpower, overthrow, remove, retire, rout, ruin, sack, sideline, subvert, supplant, topple, uncrown, unfrock, unmake, unseat, unthrone, upset, usurp, wrack, wreck (≠ anoint, appoint, baptize, crown, designate, elect, elevate, enhance, enthrone, honor, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest, reward, support, throne, uplift)
DEPOSIT (→): affix, anchor, array, assemble, berth, bung, carry, clap, collect, deliver, depose, dispose, -ditch, drop, dump, ensconce, establish, fix, install, juxtapose, land, lay, locate, lock, lodge, move, niche, orient, park, place, plank, plant, plonk, plop, plump, plunk, position, precipitate, put, queue, rank, rearrange, reorder, rest, set, settle, shift, situate, slap, stash, stick, stow, tuck, wedge (≠ banish, dislodge, disperse, displace, dissipate, divide, draw, expend, move, pay, relegate, relocate, remove, replace, scavenge, supersede, supplant, take, use, waste)
DEPOSIT (←): accumulate, amass, archive, bank, cache, capitalize, coffer, commit, consign, entrust, file, fund, garner, hoard, invest, keep, lodge, reserve, save, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow, transfer, treasure, tuck (≠ cash, charge, claim, diffuse, disburse, disperse, expend, give, lose, pay, remove, scatter, spend, squander, stiff, take, tender, waste, withdraw, yield)
DEPRAVE (/): abase, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, bed, befoul, begrime, bestialize, blemish, brutalize, canker, cheapen, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, debauch, deface, defile, deform, degrade, dehumanize, demean, demoraliz
e, depreciate, desecrate, destroy, deteriorate, dilute, dirty, disgrace, dishonor, distort, downgrade, flaw, harm, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, infect, lessen, mar, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravish, ruin, seduce, shame, soil, spoil, stain, subvert, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, victimize, vitiate, warp, wreck, wrong (≠ benefit, better, clean, cleanse, correct, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enrich, exalt, honor, improve, moralize, perfect, protect, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, reform, respect, restore, uplift)
DEPRESS (/): abase, afflict, agitate, ail, appall, beat, bother, bug, bum, burden, chill, concern, cow, darken, dash, daunt, debase, degrade, demoralize, demotivate, desolate, discomfort, discompose, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, distress, disturb, freak, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, overburden, perturb, sadden, -scorn, sorrow, torment, torture, trouble, undo, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, upset, weigh, worry (≠ animate, assure, boost, brighten, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, delight, elate, elevate, encourage, enliven, excite, exhilarate, gladden, grace, gratify, heal, hearten, help, inspire, invigorate, lift, lighten, please, reassure, rejoice, soothe, stimulate, thrill, uplift, wow)