by Damon Suede
DRAW (+): caricature, chart, compose, delineate, depict, design, doodle, draft, engrave, etch, express, frame, graph, illuminate, limn, map, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, pictorialize, picture, portray, profile, represent, scribble, sketch, trace, visualize (≠ blot, conceal, destroy, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, -ignore, obliterate, rub, ruin, smudge, wipe, wreck)
DREDGE (←): ascertain, audit, browse, check, comb, descry, detect, determine, dig, discover, drag, examine, explore, ferret, find, frisk, hunt, inspect, investigate, learn, locate, peruse, plumb, probe, prowl, raise, rake, ransack, reinvestigate, review, rifle, rummage, scan, scoop, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, study, survey, uncover, unearth (≠ -abandon, block, bury, -discount, -disregard, forgo, -forsake, glance, hide, -ignore, lose, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, -renounce, skim, waive)
DRENCH (→): bathe, bedraggle, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drown, -duck, dunk, engulf, flood, flush, hose, hydrate, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, inundate, irrigate, lave, marinate, mist, moisten, permeate, presoak, puddle, rehydrate, rinse, saturate, shower, slosh, sluice, soak, sop, souse, splash, sprinkle, steep, submerge, swamp, syrup, wash, water, waterlog, wet (≠ barbecue, burn, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, drip-dry, drizzle, dry, empty, evaporate, ignite, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, staunch, torch, trickle, void, wither, wring)
DRESS (+): accoutre, adjust, adorn, arm, arrange, array, attire, barber, bind, buckle, button, caparison, clean, clothe, comb, compose, costume, cover, curry, deck, decorate, develop, don, drape, equip, fit, furnish, garb, garnish, groom, gussy, jacket, manicure, outfit, pomade, prepare, prime, primp, ready, rig, robe, straighten, style, suit, tidy, tinsel, titivate, tog, trim, uniform, wear, wrap, zip (≠ bare, bedraggle, cut, denude, dirty, dishevel, dismantle, disorder, disrobe, divest, doff, draggle, expose, muss, peel, reveal, ruffle, rumple, shed, strip, unbuckle, unbutton, unclothe, uncover, undress, unzip)
DRILL (→): bore, core, dig, excavate, exhume, gaff, gouge, groove, hollow, impale, penetrate, perforate, pierce, plumb, poke, prick, punch, puncture, riddle, sink (≠ block, clog, cover, fill, mend, patch, plaster, plug, repair, resist, seal)
DRILL (+): break, coach, condition, cultivate, develop, discipline, edify, educate, enlighten, exercise, groom, habituate, hone, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, learn, mentor, perfect, practice, prepare, ready, refine, rehearse, repeat, review, school, study, teach, train, tutor (≠ cease, confound, confuse, decondition, forget, -ignore, impede, indulge, learn, misunderstand, muddle, -neglect, withhold)
DRINK (←): absorb, belt, consume, down, drain, gulp, guzzle, hoist, imbibe, indulge, irrigate, kill, lap, lick, mouth, pound, quaff, sip, slug, slurp, suck, swallow, swig, swill, toast (≠ belch, decant, disgorge, eject, emit, expel, parch, pour, -refuse, regurgitate, spew, spill, spit, spout, vomit)
DRIVE (→): animate, compel, compress, depress, egg, encourage, exhort, force, goad, guide, herd, hound, impel, jam, motivate, move, muscle, operate, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, punch, punt, push, railroad, ram, rouse, run, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spur, squash, squeeze, steamroll, steer, stimulate, thrust, urge, weigh, whip, wrangle (≠ -abort, -balk, bar, block, check, curb, delay, -deter, encumber, foil, -frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, monkey-wrench, obstruct, oppose, pause, -preclude, -prevent, pull, resist, restrain, shelve, short-circuit, stall, stem, stop, stymie, -thwart, yank)
DRIVE (→): abet, activate, actuate, arouse, excite, ferment, fire, foment, galvanize, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, propel, provoke, raise, rouse, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, trip, work (≠ bridle, cage, cannibalize, check, constrain, consume, contain, control, curb, deactivate, deplete, drain, exhaust, inhibit, kill, leash, pace, regulate, rein, restrain, stop, straightjacket)
DRIVE (/): badger, blackjack, blackmail, bluff, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, coerce, compel, constrain, cow, dog, drag, dragoon, flog, force, harass, hector, hound, impel, impress, intimidate, make, menace, muscle, nag, nobble, obligate, oblige, overcommit, press, pressure, railroad, sandbag, scourge, shame, steamroller, terrorize, threaten, trash-talk, whip (≠ allow, argue, bribe, cajole, coax, convince, encourage, glad-hand, induce, let, move, permit, persuade, satisfy, schmooze, soft-sell, soft-soap, urge, wheedle, win)
DROP (→): -abandon, blackball, bobble, bungle, chuck, depress, -desert, discard, -disown, -disregard, -ditch, divorce, dump, eject, eliminate, -exclude, expel, finish, flatten, floor, foozle, forfeit, -forsake, fumble, immerse, jilt, leave, level, lower, offload, -omit, oppose, -ostracize, oust, plop, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, separate, sink, -spurn, submerge, throw, topple (≠ acquire, add, bequeath, claim, collect, cultivate, gain, gather, hoard, hog, keep, lift, maintain, manage, marry, monopolize, obtain, protect, pursue, raise, refine, renew, retain, save, secure, seek, store, woo)
DROWN (→): asphyxiate, bury, deluge, dip, douse, drench, engulf, envelop, flood, immerse, infuse, inundate, marinate, overcome, overflow, overpower, overwhelm, plunge, saturate, sink, soak, sop, stifle, submerge, suffocate, swamp, syrup (≠ barbecue, buoy, burn, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, elevate, empty, float, hoist, leach, leech, lift, parch, rescue, save, scorch, sear, staunch)
DRUG (←): allay, alleviate, anesthetize, assuage, balance, benumb, blunt, calm, compose, daze, deaden, defuse, desensitize, dope, dose, dull, ease, etherize, hush, hypnotize, intoxicate, lighten, lull, medicate, mellow, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, narcotize, numb, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, restrain, sedate, settle, shanghai, silence, smooth, soften, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, stupefy, subdue, torpefy, tranquilize, treat, unruffle (≠ aggravate, agitate, anger, arouse, bait, bother, chafe, charge, convulse, discompose, disturb, dizzy, energize, enliven, enrage, excite, fluster, foment, goad, incite, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, jolt, madden, needle, nettle, perturb, provoke, rankle, rattle, rile, roil, rouse, shake, spur, stimulate, stir, terrorize, trouble, unnerve, upset, vex, wake, worry)
DULL (/): allay, alleviate, anesthetize, assuage, blunt, blur, buffer, cloud, cushion, dampen, darken, daze, deaden, decrease, depress, desensitize, dim, diminish, disable, disarm, discourage, dishearten, drug, enfeeble, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, impair, lessen, lower, lubricate, minimize, mitigate, moderate, muffle, neutralize, numb, obscure, paralyze, quiet, reduce, relieve, sadden, sap, soften, soundproof, stupefy, subdue, temper, torpefy, tranquilize, undermine, weaken (≠ accent, accentuate, aggravate, amplify, assert, boost, concentrate, edge, emphasize, enhance, exaggerate, file, flavor, grind, heighten, hone, increase, intensify, magnify, marinate, maximize, optimize, overdramatize, overhaul, poeticize, prioritize, refine, reveal, richen, rile, romanticize, season, serrate, sharpen, spice, strengthen, strop, uncloud, whet)
DUMP (/): abdicate, abolish, annihilate, blackball, boot, cant, cashier, cast, chuck, deep-six, deposit, -desert, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispatch, -ditch, drain, drop, eject, eliminate, empty, eradicate, evacuate, exorcise, expel, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, exude, fence, fling, flush, -forsake, jettison, junk, leach, leave, liquidate, lose, offload, pitch, plonk, purge, -reject, remove, replace, scrap, sell, shed, shuck, slough, stamp, tip, toss, trash, unload, unpack, waste (≠ adopt, archive, cherish, cradle, embrace, employ, hold, keep, load, maintain, prize, recoup, remainder, retain, save, survive, take, use, utilize, weather)
DUMP (/): -abandon, banish, -cold-shoulder, -cut, -desert, -ditch, divorce, -forsake, high-hat, jilt, leave, maroon, -quit, -renounce, -slight, -snub, -spurn, unmarry (≠ adopt, befriend, chauffeur, court, invite, marry, pursue, romance, take, welcome, win, woo)
DUPE (←): abuse, baffle, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bleed, bluff, buffalo, bullshit, burn, cajole, catch, cheat, chisel, -circumvent, con, convince, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, double-cross, double-talk, euchre, exploit, fake, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, fool, fox, fudge, gaslight, goldbrick, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, hustle, josh, juggle, kid,
manipulate, misguide, misinform, mislead, mulct, nobble, outwit, overreach, palaver, pretend, rob, rook, scam, schmooze, shaft, shortchange, skin, snooker, snow, spoof, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, tease, trick, victimize, wrong (≠ admit, assume, assure, believe, blab, blaze, blurt, clue, concede, confess, confide, confirm, confront, crosscheck, debunk, disabuse, disclose, disenchant, disillusion, divulge, expose, face, help, prosecute, respect, restore, reveal, support, tell, trust, uncloak, uncover, undeceive, unmask, unveil)
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EARMARK (→): allocate, apply, apportion, assign, bestow, bless, commit, confide, consecrate, consign, dedicate, designate, devote, employ, entrust, hallow, label, mete, package, reserve, sanctify, save, tag, use (≠ anonymize, block, -deny, deprive, hamper, -ignore, impede, misapply, mislabel, misuse, -neglect, -refuse, -reject, scant, skimp, squander, stall, stint, waste, withhold)
EARN (←): accomplish, accumulate, achieve, acquire, amass, annex, attain, bag, capture, carry, catch, claim, clear, collect, cop, crest, derive, draw, effect, gain, garner, gather, get, gross, hustle, land, make, net, notch, obtain, occupy, perform, pocket, procure, profit, pull, rate, reacquire, realize, reap, reattain, recapture, receive, regain, remake, scavenge, score, secure, snag, sock, take, turn, win, wrangle (≠ accord, bequeath, cost, forfeit, give, grant, lose, outlay, overpay, patronize, pay, relinquish, spend, stiff, surrender, underpay, yield)
EARN (←): achieve, acquire, attain, bag, claim, conquer, deserve, entitle, gain, harvest, make, master, merit, net, obtain, qualify, rate, reap, score, secure, warrant, win (≠ -abandon, damage, fail, forfeit, grant, lose, miss, -omit, relinquish, shame, surrender, undershoot, yield)
EASE (+): abate, advance, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, compose, conciliate, console, content, cool, cure, defuse, disencumber, disentangle, doctor, emancipate, encourage, expedite, facilitate, favor, free, further, humor, hush, improve, indulge, lessen, liberate, lighten, lubricate, lull, mellow, midwife, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, pacify, palliate, placate, promote, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, reconcile, reduce, relax, release, relieve, reprieve, salve, sedate, settle, simplify, smooth, soften, solace, soothe, speed, stabilize, still, subdue, sugarcoat, tranquilize, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unleash, unload, untie (≠ agitate, agonize, anguish, annoy, constrain, crucify, discipline, discomfort, disquiet, embarrass, exacerbate, harass, impair, inhibit, injure, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, pain, perplex, pressure, rankle, repress, reserve, restrain, rile, sting, strain, stress, suffer, suppress, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry)
EAT (←): absorb, accept, access, acquire, admit, appreciate, appropriate, assimilate, banquet, bolt, chew, chop, consume, corrode, cram, demolish, devour, digest, dispatch, dissolve, down, drink, engorge, engulf, enjoy, envelop, feast, finish, get, glut, gnaw, gobble, gorge, gulp, gum, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, incorporate, ingest, inhale, inspire, integrate, internalize, lap, lick, manage, metabolize, mouth, munch, nibble, nosh, nurse, overwhelm, pick, pocket, procure, quaff, raven, receive, regale, relish, ruminate, savor, scarf, sip, slop, slurp, snarf, sniff, stuff, suck, surfeit, swallow, swig, swill, take, taste, try, vacuum, welcome, wolf (≠ -avoid, barf, belch, brew, -bypass, concoct, content, cook, covet, crave, create, -decline, desire, disgorge, disperse, -ditch, drop, dump, eject, excrete, expel, exude, famish, fancy, favor, feed, fetishize, force-feed, forgo, fuel, furnish, grace, gratify, heave, hunt, jettison, make, malnourish, miss, nourish, offer, order, overfeed, pass, please, prepare, puke, quench, -refuse, regurgitate, -reject, request, satisfy, serve, skimp, skip, slake, spew, spit, splutter, -spurn, starve, stint, supply, toss, trash, underfeed, victual, vomit, withhold)
EAT (←): bite, cannibalize, condense, consume, corrode, crumble, decay, decimate, decompose, deplete, depredate, destroy, devastate, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, erode, exhaust, fret, gnaw, leech, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, ruin, rust, squander, undermine, waste, wear, wreck (≠ aid, build, conserve, construct, create, fortify, freshen, help, improve, pickle, preserve, recreate, refresh, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, repair, restore, revitalize, revive, shield, stimulate, sustain)
ECHO (←): adopt, ape, belabor, copy, counterfeit, ditto, duplicate, emulate, feign, flatter, ghostwrite, imitate, impersonate, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, overemphasize, parallel, parrot, playact, portray, pretend, quote, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, repeat, replicate, reproduce, retort, roleplay, rubber-stamp, simulate (≠ cue, dampen, deaden, end, muffle, mute, muzzle, oppose, originate, prompt, question, silence, smother, stifle, suppress, terminate, throttle, translate, voice)
ECLIPSE (→): ace, annihilate, beat, best, better, bury, cap, checkmate, clobber, conquer, cream, crush, defeat, dispatch, drub, dwarf, exceed, finish, flatten, floor, lambaste, lick, master, one-up, outbalance, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outguess, outgun, outmaneuver, outpace, outperform, outplay, outrace, outrank, outreach, outrun, outsell, outshine, outslick, outsmart, outstrip, outthink, outweigh, outwit, overcome, overpower, overshadow, overtake, overthrow, overwhelm, pass, rout, ruin, shame, shellac, skunk, slaughter, smoke, steamroller, stop, subdue, subjugate, surmount, surpass, sweep, take, thrash, top, topple, total, transcend, trash, trounce, trump, unhorse, unseat, upend, upset, upstage, vanquish, wallop, waste, wax, whip, whomp, wipe, wrack, wreck, zap (≠ aggrandize, aid, amplify, assist, augment, -avoid, back, bolster, bomb, boost, botch, brave, bungle, cede, coach, comfort, concede, defend, defer, develop, elevate, encourage, enhance, exalt, extol, face, fail, flub, flunk, follow, forfeit, fumble, glorify, guard, help, improve, instruct, lose, mind, nurture, obey, promote, protect, publicize, raise, relinquish, -renounce, serve, showcase, spotlight, stomach, suffer, support, surrender, survive, train, uplift, weather, yield)
ECLIPSE (/): adumbrate, becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blear, block, blot, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, conceal, cover, curtain, darken, dim, disguise, drape, extinguish, fog, haze, hide, mask, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, obliterate, obscure, occlude, occult, overcloud, overshadow, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, veil (≠ brandish, brighten, clear, elevate, enlarge, expand, explain, expose, extend, flaunt, floodlight, focus, heighten, highlight, hype, illuminate, illumine, increase, light, lighten, magnify, maximize, parade, plug, reveal, show, showcase, uncloud, uncover, unveil)
EDIFY (+): better, civilize, coach, counsel, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ensoul, exalt, foster, glorify, guide, illuminate, illumine, improve, inform, inspire, instruct, lift, mentor, nurture, regenerate, renew, school, teach, train, transfigure, transform, tutor, uplift (≠ addle, baffle, barbarize, becloud, bestialize, bewilder, blur, cloud, confound, confuse, darken, lower, muddle, muddy, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, puzzle, stump)
EDIT (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, align, alter, attune, bend, calibrate, condition, convert, correct, customize, doctor, equip, fashion, fine-tune, fit, fix, gear, harden, harmonize, inure, match, mend, model, modify, overhaul, pattern, perfect, phase, prepare, prime, punctuate, put, ready, realign, recast, reclaim, reconceive, reconceptualize, rectify, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refit, refocus, rehearse, reimagine, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, renovate, reorient, repair, rephrase, reshuffle, restore, rethink, retool, revamp, revise, rework, rig, right, sculpt, season, shape, shuffle, square, suit, tailor, toughen, transform, tune, tweak, weaponize (≠ -abandon, botch, bungle, draft, fake, flub, force, freeze, fudge, half-ass, hamper, hinder, improvise, maintain, mar, misadjust, preserve, propose, retain, ruin, sketch, spoil, wing, wreck)
EDUCATE (+): advise, apprise, brainwash, brief, civilize, clarify, coach, contextualize, convince, correct, counsel, cultivate, describe, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, elevate, enlighten, enrich, exercise, explain, familiarize, foster, grade, groom, guide, illuminate, impart, implant, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, instruct, introduce, lead,
lecture, mentor, mold, nourish, nurture, prepare, prime, qualify, ready, realign, rear, refine, retrain, school, shape, show, teach, train, tutor (≠ addle, baffle, bamboozle, barbarize, becloud, bewilder, blind, cloud, confuse, corrupt, darken, degrade, dim, forget, gaslight, hamper, hamstring, hinder, -ignore, learn, manipulate, mystify, obscure, perplex, pervert, puzzle, resist, study, stump, stymie, vulgarize, worsen)
EJECT (→): axe, banish, belch, boot, bounce, bump, can, cashier, chase, deport, disbar, discard, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, -ditch, drop, dump, eighty-six, ejaculate, eliminate, eradicate, evacuate, evict, -exclude, excrete, exile, exorcise, expectorate, expel, extrude, fire, offload, -omit, oppose, -ostracize, oust, pink-slip, propel, -reject, release, remove, retire, rout, sack, scrap, spew, spit, splutter, spout, -spurn, terminate, upchuck, vomit (≠ absorb, accept, accompany, admit, approve, consume, contain, devour, embrace, entertain, greet, harbor, house, ingest, invite, lodge, pull, receive, room, shelter, take, unite, welcome)
ELABORATE (+): accent, accentuate, accrue, adorn, advance, affirm, amplify, assert, complexify, complicate, confound, decorate, develop, devise, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enhance, enlarge, enrich, evolve, exaggerate, expand, explain, fancify, festoon, flavor, forge, foster, garnish, glitter, glitz, grow, heroicize, heroize, idealize, idolize, improve, involve, materialize, mature, maximize, ornament, overdramatize, overdraw, oversell, poeticize, polish, punctuate, refine, ripen, romanticize, sentimentalize, sophisticate, tangle, tool, unfold (≠ abridge, compact, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, devalue, downplay, elide, focus, integrate, minimize, reduce, simplify, soft-pedal, streamline, uncomplicate, underemphasize, unify)