by Damon Suede
EMPOWER (+): accredit, affirm, allow, approve, arm, authorize, certify, charge, clear, commission, confirm, credential, delegate, endorse, enforce, enfranchise, entitle, entrust, equip, facilitate, grant, greenlight, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest, legitimize, let, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, rubber-stamp, sanction, strengthen, validate, vest, warrant (≠ abolish, ban, bar, block, -cancel, castrate, constrain, demotivate, -deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise, disqualify, enjoin, -exclude, -forbid, hinder, impair, impede, incapacitate, inhibit, -interdict, legalize, -nullify, obstruct, outlaw, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, -refuse, -reject, -rescind, reverse, revoke, stop, -thwart, -veto, weaken, withdraw)
EMPTY (/): belch, bleed, cannibalize, clean, clear, consume, decant, deplete, depredate, discharge, disgorge, drain, draw, drink, drizzle, dump, eject, eliminate, -escape, evacuate, exhaust, exorcise, expel, flush, gut, guzzle, issue, leach, leak, leave, leech, milk, offload, pour, pump, purge, release, scour, siphon, sweep, tap, trickle, unburden, unload, unpack, upchuck, use, vacate, void, vomit (≠ accumulate, acquire, add, assemble, augment, collect, cram, fill, flood, gather, hoard, keep, load, obtain, overstuff, pack, pile, replenish, restore, retain, stack, stash, stock, stow, stuff, supplement, supply, tuck, wedge)
EMULATE (←): ape, approximate, burlesque, caricature, challenge, copy, copycat, counterfeit, ditto, duplicate, echo, feign, flatter, follow, imitate, impersonate, lampoon, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, model, pantomime, parallel, parody, parrot, pattern, perform, play, playact, portray, pretend, reflect, repeat, replicate, reproduce, rival, roleplay, simulate, travesty (≠ begin, challenge, coach, conceive, contradict, counter, counteract, create, gainsay, generate, inaugurate, institute, invent, mentor, mismatch, oppose, originate, pioneer, refute, seed, -spurn, -thwart)
ENABLE (→): abet, accelerate, advance, advantage, aid, allow, assist, augment, bankroll, benefit, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, condition, dower, ease, encourage, endow, enhance, equip, expedite, facilitate, fast-track, foster, fund, furnish, further, grease, hasten, help, hurry, improve, initiate, instigate, invest, lube, lubricate, midwife, mother, motivate, nourish, nurture, permit, prioritize, promote, quicken, relieve, serve, simplify, smooth, spark, spur, stimulate, support, sustain, tend, underwrite, weaponize (≠ challenge, checkmate, counter, cripple, disable, disinherit, -disown, disqualify, foil, freeze, -frustrate, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, immobilize, impair, impede, inactivate, incapacitate, inhibit, monkey-wrench, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, paralyze, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, restrict, spike, stifle, stop, stymie, suffocate, -thwart)
ENABLE (+): accredit, affirm, allow, approve, arm, authenticate, authorize, bless, certify, commission, confirm, corroborate, countersign, delegate, deputize, designate, empower, endorse, endow, enfranchise, entitle, equip, fit, grant, greenlight, implement, legalize, license, notarize, ordain, permit, prepare, qualify, ready, sanction, task, validate, warrant (≠ -abort, abrogate, annul, ban, bar, bench, blackball, blacklist, block, -boycott, -cancel, castrate, counter, demote, emasculate, -exclude, -halt, -negate, neutralize, oppose, -ostracize, outlaw, -overlook, picket, -prohibit, protest, quash, -rescind, revoke, -shun, sideline, -snub, stop, -veto, vex, weaken, withdraw)
ENAMOR (←): allure, amaze, attract, awe, beguile, bewitch, charm, dazzle, delight, dumbfound, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, get, hypnotize, infatuate, lure, mesmerize, seduce, thrill, win, woo, wow (≠ affront, bore, disgust, displease, irk, nauseate, offend, repel, repulse, sicken, vex, worry) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENCASE (/): armor, bale, bound, box, cage, circumscribe, closet, cocoon, coffin, conceal, confine, contain, corral, cover, curb, encapsulate, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enlace, entomb, envelop, fence, frame, hedge, hem, hide, house, immure, include, limit, orbit, package, pen, restrict, ring, sheathe, spackle, surround, wall, wrap (≠ bare, divulge, eject, -exclude, excoriate, exhume, expose, jettison, -omit, open, peel, reveal, shuck, strip, unbind, uncover, unlash, unmask, unshackle, untie, unwind, wrap)
ENCHANT (→): becharm, bespell, bewitch, bind, brew, captivate, cast, charm, compel, conjure, constrain, curse, dazzle, dedicate, devise, devote, ensorcel, enthrall, entice, entrance, evoke, fascinate, force, glamour, hex, hoodoo, hypnotize, invoke, jinx, juggle, lure, mesmerize, possess, prophesy, seduce, spell, spellbind, strike, taint, tantalize, tempt, trigger, voodoo, weave, whammy, witch (≠ aid, banish, bless, cleanse, consecrate, defend, disenchant, dislodge, dispel, dissipate, exorcise, expel, free, guard, heal, liberate, protect, purge, purify, rectify, sanctify, shield, unbind, ward)
ENCHANT (←): absorb, allure, arrest, astonish, attract, beckon, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, court, dazzle, delight, disarm, dizzy, draw, enamor, endear, engage, engross, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, grab, gratify, grip, hold, hypnotize, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, involve, kill, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, mystify, please, pull, ravish, razzle-dazzle, seduce, solicit, spellbind, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, transfix, win, woo, wow (≠ annoy, bore, disenchant, disgust, disillusion, disperse, displease, dissipate, distract, eject, hallucinate, heckle, irk, jade, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, repel, revolt, tire, weary, worry)
ENCIRCLE (+): bale, band, circle, circuit, circumscribe, compass, cover, crowd, enclose, encompass, enfold, envelop, gird, girdle, halo, hem, orbit, ring, surround, wrap, wreathe (≠ bar, eject, -exclude, expel, expose, free, -ignore, loose, -neglect, -omit, open, oust, -rebuff, release, unwrap)
ENCLOSE (←): barricade, blockade, bound, box, cage, circle, circumscribe, cocoon, coffin, confine, coop, corral, cover, delimit, embrace, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, envelop, fence, frame, hedge, hem, hold, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, institutionalize, jail, limit, package, pen, restrict, ring, sheathe, surround, tent, veil, wrap (≠ bare, besiege, brandish, conceal, denude, display, emancipate, -exclude, expose, face, flaunt, free, hide, liberate, loose, meet, -omit, open, -reject, release, reveal, show, showcase, uncover, unloose)
ENCODE (/): bury, cipher, cloak, cloud, code, conceal, costume, disguise, encipher, encrypt, garble, hide, obscure, perplex, puzzle, ravel, scramble (≠ clarify, crack, decipher, decode, decrypt, deduce, detect, interpret, solve, translate, unravel, untangle)
ENCOURAGE (→): abet, activate, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, bother, drive, energize, enrage, exasperate, excite, fan, ferment, fire, foment, gall, galvanize, ignite, impassion, incite, incur, induce, inflame, inspire, instigate, irritate, kindle, madden, motivate, move, pique, provoke, quicken, rabble-rouse, raise, rev, spark, stimulate, stir, taunt, tease, trigger, upset, vex, vitalize (≠ appease, calm, dampen, deactivate, heckle, humor, hush, lull, mellow, mollify, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, numb, pacify, placate, sedate, soothe, subdue, sugarcoat, tranquilize)
ENCOURAGE (→): adjure, beseech, blandish, bully, cajole, coax, coerce, drive, egg, exhort, fast-track, foment, frogmarch, goad, greenlight, hurry, hustle, implore, importune, incite, instigate, kindle, lobby, march, muscle, nag, needle, nudge, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, railroad, rush, shove, soft-soap, spark, spur, steamroller, stimulate, stir, urge, wheedle (≠ battle, brake, check, constrain, curb, -deter, discourage, dissuade, fight, hamper, hamstring, hold, inhibit, oppose, -prevent, protest, restrain, short-circuit, slow, soft-sell, stall, stem, stop)
ENCOURAGE (+): advance, animate, assure, boost, buoy, cheer, convince, ease, embolden, energize, enforce, enliven, excite, expedite, fortify, fuel, galvanize, hearten, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, prioritize, promote, provoke, quicken, rally, reassure, reinforce, simplify, steel, stimulate, stir, stoke, streamline, strengthen (≠ blackmail, daunt, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, enfeeble, hamstring, intimidate, sadden, threaten, undermine, weaken)
ENCOURAGE (+): abet, advance, advantage, advertise, advise, advocate, agitate, aid, arouse,
assist, assure, attend, augment, back, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, bribe, champion, coach, comfort, condone, console, convince, cultivate, drive, endorse, endow, enthuse, facilitate, favor, feed, finance, force-feed, forward, foster, fuel, fund, further, goad, greenlight, help, incite, incubate, inflame, influence, legalize, lift, lobby, mentor, midwife, mother, motivate, nerve, nourish, nurse, nurture, patronize, persuade, plug, prioritize, prod, promote, publicize, reinvigorate, relieve, revitalize, revive, rouse, second, serve, spark, spitball, spur, stake, stimulate, subsidize, support, sustain, teach, tend, tout, underwrite, uphold, urge (≠ arrest, ban, bar, block, check, checkmate, demotivate, discourage, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, encumber, enjoin, fetter, foil, -forbid, -frustrate, -halt, harm, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, -interdict, manacle, monkey-wrench, muzzle, nobble, obstruct, outlaw, paralyze, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, protest, repress, retard, shackle, smother, snuff, squash, squelch, stifle, strangle, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, -thwart)
ENCRYPT (/): baffle, bury, cipher, cloak, cloud, code, conceal, confuse, disguise, encipher, encode, garble, hide, mystify, obscure, perplex, puzzle, ravel, scramble (≠ clarify, crack, decipher, decode, decrypt, deduce, delineate, detect, explore, extract, interpret, solve, translate, unravel, untangle)
ENCUMBER (→): afflict, burden, clog, clutter, fill, foist, freight, hamper, handicap, heap, load, lumber, mound, oppress, overburden, overextend, overload, overtax, pack, pile, press, restrict, saddle, stack, strain, surcharge, tax, weigh, weight (≠ alleviate, assist, discard, discharge, disencumber, drop, -dump, ease, lighten, lose, mislay, misplace, relieve, unburden, unload)
ENCUMBER (←): arrest, baffle, -balk, barricade, bind, block, blockade, brake, burden, chain, check, choke, clog, compromise, confine, congest, constipate, constrain, constrict, contain, cramp, curb, delay, derail, disrupt, embarrass, enmesh, enslave, ensnare, entangle, fetter, foil, -frustrate, halter, hamper, handcuff, handicap, hedge, hem, hinder, hobble, hogtie, hold, impede, implicate, inconvenience, inhibit, involve, leash, load, manacle, mire, monkey-wrench, muzzle, obstruct, oppress, overload, -preclude, -prevent, rein, repress, restrain, retain, retard, roadblock, sabotage, saddle, shackle, slow, smother, stifle, straightjacket, strain, strangle, stress, stump, stymie, subvert, suffocate, suppress, tether, -thwart, tie, trammel, weigh (≠ aid, alleviate, assist, benefit, boost, buoy, clear, discharge, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate, free, further, gladden, hasten, help, hurry, liberate, lift, lighten, loosen, open, organize, permit, promote, release, relieve, remove, rush, separate, smooth, speed, support, unblock, unburden, unclog, uncomplicate, unencumber, unload, unplug, unstop, untie)
ENDANGER (/): boobytrap, bully, chance, compromise, corrupt, cripple, damage, enfeeble, expose, gamble, hamstring, hazard, imperil, implicate, intimidate, jeopardize, menace, out, risk, sabotage, scupper, subject, subvert, taint, target, threaten, undercut, undermine, venture, wager, weaken (≠ aid, analyze, armor, assist, bolster, brace, comfort, defend, embalm, guard, harbor, help, maintain, nurture, patrol, preserve, protect, rescue, resume, retain, save, secure, shelter, shield, store, support, sustain, weigh)
ENDEAR (←): absorb, allure, amuse, attach, attract, bait, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, bind, blandish, butter, captivate, caress, charm, cherish, coddle, compel, contact, court, cuddle, dazzle, delight, disarm, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, entertain, enthrall, entice, fascinate, flannel, flatter, grab, gratify, grip, hold, hook, hug, hypnotize, include, influence, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, involve, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, monopolize, nuzzle, occupy, ogle, please, preoccupy, prize, pull, razzle-dazzle, rivet, romance, seduce, serenade, snuggle, solicit, spellbind, spoon, take, tantalize, tempt, thrill, tickle, treasure, value, win, woo, wow (≠ affront, alienate, annoy, antagonize, attack, bore, bother, bug, burden, chagrin, disaffect, disconnect, disenchant, disgruntle, disgust, displease, distance, embitter, enrage, envenom, estrange, frustrate, harass, -hate, heckle, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, isolate, menace, nag, nauseate, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, offend, -omit, oppress, -ostracize, oust, release, repel, repulse, revolt, shame, -shun, sicken, threaten, tire, torment, vex, victimize, weary, wound, wrong) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENDORSE (+): abet, adopt, advance, advocate, affirm, aid, approve, assist, authorize, back, bolster, boost, buttress, champion, confirm, countersign, crosscheck, elect, embrace, empower, entitle, espouse, favor, forward, further, help, patronize, permit, plug, preach, prioritize, prop, ratify, recommend, reinforce, sanction, second, sign, support, sustain, uphold, vindicate, warrant (≠ baffle, block, conceal, -deny, -desert, disappoint, disavow, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, -disown, fail, foil, -frustrate, oppose, -repudiate, sabotage, scupper, shelve, subvert, -thwart, undercut, undermine)
ENDOW (→): advocate, aid, award, back, bequeath, bestow, boast, champion, clear, confer, discharge, establish, favor, found, furnish, give, grant, grubstake, invest, leave, legate, liquidate, maintain, nourish, organize, patronize, present, promote, provide, settle, stand, subscribe, supply, support, will (≠ borrow, cannibalize, chisel, consume, demand, -deny, deplete, deprive, drain, draw, exhaust, leach, leech, lend, loan, poach, receive, remove, scant, skimp, steal, stint, swipe, withdraw, withhold)
ENDOW (→): accord, arm, award, bankroll, bequeath, bestow, bless, capitalize, clothe, cofinance, comp, confer, contribute, cover, defray, disburse, dispense, donate, dower, empower, enable, enhance, enrich, equip, favor, finance, foot, fund, gift, grant, heighten, invest, patronize, pay, provide, recompense, refinance, reimburse, sponsor, stake, subsidize, supply, tender, tithe, underwrite, will (≠ beggar, cheat, defund, deplete, disinherit, -disown, dispossess, divest, drain, embezzle, exhaust, purloin, refund, repay, rob, scam, skimp, steal, stiff, stint, strip, swindle)
ENDURE (+): abide, absorb, accept, allow, assimilate, bear, brave, brook, buck, concede, condone, confront, countenance, digest, experience, face, feel, hack, handle, harden, incur, indulge, know, meet, outlast, overcome, pass, permit, pocket, process, receive, sanction, season, see, shoulder, stand, stomach, suffer, support, surmount, survive, sustain, swallow, sweat, take, taste, tolerate, weather, withstand, witness (≠ -abandon, -abort, alter, -avoid, -bypass, cease, change, -circumvent, combat, contest, convert, -decline, -deny, dismiss, -dodge, -elude, embrace, enjoy, -escape, -evade, fight, -forbid, -halt, lose, maintain, miss, modify, oppose, outlaw, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, resist, -shun, -spurn, stop, substitute, terminate, transform, -veto)
ENERGIZE (→): abet, accelerate, activate, actuate, amp, amplify, animate, arouse, awaken, boost, brace, brainstorm, buoy, catalyze, charge, cheer, drive, electrify, embolden, empower, engage, enkindle, enliven, excite, ferment, fire, foment, fortify, galvanize, generate, ginger, goad, goose, hearten, impel, incite, inflame, infuse, inspire, instigate, invigorate, jazz, juice, jump-start, kindle, lift, liven, maximize, motivate, move, prime, prioritize, propel, prostrate, provoke, quicken, raise, rally, reactivate, reanimate, reawaken, recharge, recreate, reenergize, refresh, regenerate, reinforce, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, restimulate, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, rouse, spark, spike, spur, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, sustain, tantalize, tempt, trigger, vitalize, vivify, wake, zap (≠ check, consume, curb, damp, dampen, daunt, deactivate, deaden, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, deplete, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, harass, inactivate, inhibit, jade, kill, leech, minimize, overextend, overload, quell, quench, repress, restrain, sap, sedate, slow, stagnate, stale, still, stunt, suppress, tax, tire, undermine, weaken, wear, weary, wither)
ENERVATE (/): attenuate, break, cannibalize, castrate, consume, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, deaden, debilitate, dehydrate, demoralize, demotivate, deplete, depredate, deprive, desiccate, devitalize, diminish, disable, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, dissipate, drain, emasculate, empty, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, impair,
impoverish, incapacitate, jade, lobotomize, numb, paralyze, petrify, reduce, restrict, sap, spend, squander, stagnate, stale, stultify, tap, tire, tucker, undercut, undermine, unhinge, unman, unnerve, waste, weaken, wear, wither (≠ arouse, boost, brace, buoy, catalyze, charge, electrify, energize, enliven, excite, fire, fortify, galvanize, hearten, incite, inspire, invigorate, kindle, lift, nourish, provoke, quicken, reanimate, reawaken, recharge, regenerate, rejuvenate, rekindle, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, strengthen, toughen)
ENFOLD (←): blanket, bower, camouflage, circle, clasp, clinch, cloak, clothe, clutch, cocoon, costume, cuddle, curtain, disguise, drape, embed, embrace, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, engulf, enlace, enshroud, envelop, fold, hold, hug, invest, involve, lap, mantle, mask, muffle, orbit, overlay, press, shroud, squeeze, squoosh, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wreathe (≠ -abandon, bare, denude, display, disrobe, drop, -exclude, exhibit, expose, free, loose, peel, release, reveal, shuck, strip, unclothe, uncover, unveil, unwrap)
ENFORCE (→): administer, adopt, apply, authorize, bulldoze, cite, coerce, command, compel, constrain, discharge, dispense, effect, effectuate, empower, enact, energize, exact, execute, foist, force, fulfill, honor, implement, impose, invigorate, invoke, legislate, mount, muscle, obligate, oblige, observe, pressure, promulgate, prosecute, railroad, realize, reinforce, render, require, rouse, steamroll, strengthen, uphold, urge (≠ allow, beg, -cancel, demoralize, discourage, -disregard, erase, exempt, expunge, free, -frustrate, -ignore, -neglect, -overlook, permit, quash, relieve, -rescind, scotch)