by Damon Suede
ENGAGE (→): accost, affront, ambush, assail, assault, attack, batter, battle, blindside, bombard, brave, bushwhack, buttonhole, challenge, combat, confront, contest, counter, counteract, cross, dare, defy, drive, emulate, face, fight, flay, hammer, harry, impugn, invade, jump, lash, launch, meet, oppose, pillage, pound, race, resist, retort, rival, savage, scathe, scorch, scramble, slash, strike, tackle, trounce, violate, waylay, withstand, wrestle (≠ -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, detour, -ditch, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -evade, miss, -scorn, -shun, skip, -slight, -snub, -spurn)
ENGAGE (←): advance, appoint, apprentice, assume, bind, book, charter, commission, commit, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, headhunt, hire, ink, keep, lease, obligate, occupy, overcommit, partner, pay, place, promote, recruit, rehire, rent, reserve, retain, scout, secure, sign, subcontract, time, upgrade, utilize (≠ axe, can, -cancel, discharge, dismiss, eject, fire, furlough, oust, sack, terminate)
ENGAGE (←): absorb, allure, arrest, attract, beguile, bemuse, betroth, bewitch, busy, captivate, capture, catch, charm, delight, distract, divert, draw, employ, enamor, enchant, endear, energize, engross, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fill, gain, grip, hog, hold, hook, hypnotize, immerse, include, interest, intrigue, involve, join, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, preoccupy, soak, tackle, thrill, transport, win, wow, wrestle (≠ alienate, -avoid, banish, bore, -decline, disaffect, distance, distract, estrange, -exclude, isolate, jade, -omit, orphan, -ostracize, pall, rebuke, -refuse, -reject, seclude, separate, -shun, -snub, -spurn, tire, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENGENDER (→): arouse, beget, breed, create, develop, encourage, excite, foment, foster, generate, hatch, incite, incur, induce, inspire, instigate, kindle, make, muster, nurture, precipitate, produce, proliferate, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, whelp (≠ abolish, conclude, demolish, destroy, doom, end, erase, exterminate, extinguish, -halt, mutate, obliterate, quash, scotch, snuff, squelch, suppress, terminate)
ENGINEER (+): angle, arrange, brew, broker, captain, chair, chart, choreograph, command, compass, conceive, conclude, concoct, conduct, contrive, control, cook, create, devise, direct, doctor, finagle, finesse, frame, game, gerrymander, handle, hatch, intrigue, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, operate, orchestrate, organize, originate, outsell, outthink, plan, plant, plot, quarterback, regiment, renegotiate, rig, run, scam, scheme, script, stage-manage, superintend, supervise, swing, time, transact, upstage, wangle, work (≠ blow, bobble, botch, break, bugger, bungle, butcher, damage, demolish, duplicate, flub, fumble, half-ass, harm, impede, mangle, mess, mishandle, muff, squelch, terminate)
ENGROSS (←): absorb, arrest, attract, bewitch, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, envelop, fascinate, fixate, grip, hog, hold, immerse, interest, intrigue, involve, monopolize, obsess, occupy, preoccupy, razzle-dazzle, rivet, spellbind (≠ addle, annoy, befuddle, bore, disgust, distract, forget, -ignore, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, offend, rankle, -reject, release, repel, repulse, tire, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENGULF (←): absorb, arrest, avalanche, bury, consume, cover, deluge, devour, douse, drench, drown, encompass, enfold, engross, envelop, flood, hold, immerse, inundate, marinate, overcome, overrun, overtake, overwhelm, plunge, preoccupy, smother, soak, steamroller, submerge, swamp, wet (≠ bare, beat, dehydrate, drain, dry, -escape, expose, leach, leech, -neglect, parch, peel, reveal, shed, shuck, staunch, strip, surpass, uncover, underwhelm, unwrap)
ENHANCE (+): accelerate, accent, accentuate, adorn, aggrandize, aggravate, ameliorate, amend, amp, amplify, assert, augment, automate, beautify, beef, better, bolster, boost, broaden, burnish, buttress, candy, complement, computerize, consolidate, correct, decorate, deepen, dulcify, edit, elaborate, elevate, embellish, embroider, emend, emphasize, enforce, enlarge, enliven, enrich, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, extend, fancify, fine-tune, flavor, fortify, glamorize, glitter, glitz, grace, hasten, heighten, help, hone, honey, improve, increase, intensify, jazz, lengthen, lift, magnify, marinate, maximize, modernize, moralize, pad, perfect, perfume, polish, prioritize, punctuate, pyramid, quicken, raise, realign, reconceive, reconceptualize, rectify, redefine, redouble, redraft, refine, reform, refurbish, rehab, rehabilitate, reimagine, reinforce, reinvent, remedy, repair, rephrase, restore, restructure, rethink, retool, retouch, revamp, revise, revolutionize, rework, richen, right, sensationalize, sharpen, shine, sophisticate, spiff, spruce, stabilize, strengthen, stress, supplement, sweeten, swell, syrup, titivate, update, upgrade (≠ abate, alleviate, barbarize, blemish, blight, callous, coarsen, compromise, damage, decrease, deface, demolish, diminish, disfigure, disrupt, ease, efface, eradicate, flaw, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, injure, lessen, lighten, lower, mar, minimize, moderate, pulverize, reduce, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shatter, shelve, spoil, subdue, subvert, tarnish, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, wreck)
ENJOY (→): bear, boast, carry, claim, command, exert, experience, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, own, possess, preserve, process, reserve, retain, sport, sustain, use, wield, withhold (≠ -abandon, beg, cede, -decline, discard, disclaim, -disown, dump, -forsake, lose, miss, -omit, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, require, -spurn, surrender, want, yield) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENJOY (←): acclaim, admire, adore, appreciate, celebrate, cheer, cherish, commemorate, covet, crave, devour, dig, drink, eat, esteem, fancy, favor, fête, fetishize, glorify, hail, hallow, honor, idolize, indulge, laud, love, memorialize, observe, praise, prefer, prize, relish, revere, salute, savor, taste, treasure, trumpet, value, venerate, worship (≠ abhor, abominate, bemoan, condemn, deplore, deprecate, -despise, -detest, disfavor, endure, execrate, -hate, -loathe, mind, regret, repent, rue, -scorn, -shun, -spurn, stomach, suffer) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENLARGE (+): accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, accumulate, add, advance, aggrandize, amass, amplify, assert, augment, beef, bolster, boost, breed, broaden, build, bulge, bump, buttress, collect, complement, compound, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, elevate, elongate, emphasize, enhance, escalate, expand, extend, fatten, foster, further, grow, heighten, hype, increase, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, maximize, multiply, optimize, overemphasize, overhaul, prioritize, proliferate, prolong, propagate, protract, pump, punctuate, raise, ratchet, reinforce, revolutionize, scale, spread, stoke, strengthen, stretch, supersize, supplement, swell, treble, triple, unspool, up, upgrade, widen (≠ abate, abbreviate, abridge, cheapen, compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, de-escalate, depress, devaluate, devalue, diminish, downsize, elide, lessen, lowball, lower, miniaturize, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate reduce, restrain, restrict, retrench, shorten, shrink, subtract, syncopate, trim, truncate, underemphasize)
ENLIGHTEN (→): acquaint, advise, apprise, better, brief, circulate, civilize, coach, concede, confess, confide, confirm, confront, convert, convince, counsel, cultivate, deflate, develop, direct, disabuse, disappoint, discipline, disclose, disenchant, disillusion, divulge, drill, edify, educate, elevate, elucidate, ennoble, enrich, ensoul, exalt, foster, guide, illuminate, illumine, imbue, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspire, instill, instruct, lift, light, mentor, notify, nurture, persuade, renew, reveal, save, school, shake, teach, tell, train, transfigure, transform, tutor, uncloud, undeceive, update, uplift (≠ baffle, barbarize, bewilder, bluff, blur, cloud, conceal, confound, confuse, darken, deceive, delude, dement, derange, double-talk, foil, fool, gaslight, harm, hide, hurt, learn, misinform, mislead, -neglect, obfuscate, obscure, -omit, perplex, puzzle, stonewall, stultify, suppress, unhinge, unnerve, upset, worry)
ENLIST (←): admit, appoint, assign, conscript, draft, employ, engage, enroll, gather, hire, induct, initiate, join, muster, place, recruit, register, task, volunteer (≠ ban, bar, blacklist, discharge, fire, -quit, release, remove, terminate, wait-list,
withdraw)
ENLIST (←): allure, attract, cajole, charm, coax, commandeer, convince, encourage, engage, enter, entice, gather, get, implore, incorporate, indoctrinate, induce, influence, interest, levy, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, palaver, persuade, procure, record, reserve, schmooze, secure, seduce, sell, sway, tempt, urge, win (≠ ban, bar, blackball, blacklist, -bypass, caution, check, daunt, -deter, discourage, disincline, dissuade, drop, forget, frighten, hamper, hinder, inhibit, intimidate, lose, miss, -overlook, -prevent, -prohibit, restrain, scare, -shun, stop, warn)
ENLIVEN (→): abet, activate, actuate, amp, animate, arouse, awaken, boost, brace, brighten, buoy, catalyze, charge, cheer, drive, electrify, embolden, energize, excite, exhilarate, ferment, fire, foment, fortify, galvanize, ginger, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inflame, infuse, inspire, instigate, invigorate, jazz, jump-start, kindle, lift, liven, motivate, move, propel, provoke, quicken, raise, rally, reactivate, reanimate, recharge, refresh, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, rouse, spark, spike, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, tantalize, trigger, vitalize, vivify, wake (≠ cannibalize, castrate, check, 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, quell, quench, repress, restrain, sap, slow, stagnate, stale, still, straightjacket, stunt, subdue, suppress, undermine, weaken, wear, weary, wither)
ENNOBLE (+): acclaim, adorn, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, augment, boost, canonize, commend, correct, crown, deify, develop, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, enrich, enshrine, enthrone, entitle, exalt, extol, glorify, heighten, heroicize, heroize, honor, idealize, idolize, immortalize, increase, intensify, laud, lift, lionize, magnify, moralize, optimize, overhaul, perfect, praise, prioritize, promote, raise, rarefy, rectify, refine, revere, romanticize, sanitize, sentimentalize, sugarcoat, upgrade, uplift, venerate (≠ abase, animalize, bastardize, belittle, canker, chasten, cheapen, darken, debase, debauch, decry, degrade, dehumanize, demean, depreciate, detract, disparage, humble, humiliate, lessen, minimize, mortify, subvert, tarnish, vitiate, vulgarize, worsen)
ENRAGE (/): affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bug, cross, embitter, envenom, exasperate, harass, heckle, hector, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, offend, outrage, peeve, pique, provoke, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, troll, vex (≠ allay, amuse, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, console, delight, disarm, enchant, gratify, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, quiet, relieve, settle, soothe, sugarcoat, thrill)
ENRAPTURE (←): absorb, amaze, astonish, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, elate, electrify, enamor, enchant, endear, engage, engross, entangle, entertain, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gladden, gobsmack, grace, gratify, hypnotize, inspire, mesmerize, occupy, pierce, please, ravish, razzle-dazzle, rivet, seduce, spellbind, surprise, thrill, transfix, transport, wow (≠ annoy, bore, demoralize, depress, disappoint, discourage, disenchant, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, disturb, harry, heckle, irk, irritate, nag, nauseate, needle, nitpick, offend, oppress, pain, rankle, repel, repulse, rile, sadden, upset, worry) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
ENRICH (→): accrue, advantage, augment, award, back, bankroll, benefit, bestow, boost, capitalize, compensate, donate, dower, endow, expand, finance, fund, grant, heighten, increase, inflate, magnify, outlay, overpay, pad, patronize, pay, present, profit, promote, raise, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, reward, sponsor, subsidize, support, swell, tender, underwrite (≠ beggar, blemish, blight, bluff, cheat, decrease, defraud, defund, deplete, deprive, disgrace, disinherit, -disown, divest, harm, impair, impoverish, reduce, scar, spoil, squander, starve, steal, stiff, stint, swindle, swipe, take, withhold, worsen)
ENRICH (+): aggrandize, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, correct, cultivate, develop, educate, emend, endow, enhance, fine-tune, fortify, foster, grace, help, hone, improve, intensify, lavish, optimize, overhaul, perfect, polish, prioritize, pyramid, rectify, refine, reform, refurbish, rehabilitate, reinforce, retouch, revamp, revise, revolutionize, sophisticate, strengthen, supplement, sweeten, upgrade (≠ barbarize, blemish, blight, callous, coarsen, damage, deface, deprive, diminish, disfigure, flaw, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, impoverish, injure, lessen, mar, spoil, straiten, tarnish, worsen)
ENROLL (←): accept, admit, appoint, book, catalog, classify, compile, conscript, docket, draft, employ, engage, enlist, enter, file, index, induct, inscribe, join, list, muster, note, obtain, overcommit, record, recruit, register, reschedule, schedule, serve, sign, slate, tabulate, tally, wait-list (≠ blackball, blacklist, -cancel, delete, discard, discharge, dismiss, -dodge, eject, erase, -exclude, expel, expunge, -ignore, jettison, -omit, oust, -overlook, pass, -refuse, -reject, -shun, -snub, withdraw)
ENSCONCE (→): allocate, allot, anchor, appoint, arrange, assign, commission, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, deploy, designate, detail, dispose, distribute, embattle, entrench, establish, fit, fix, garrison, graft, harbor, house, implant, insert, install, instate, locate, lodge, nestle, nominate, park, place, plant, position, protect, relegate, room, root, seat, send, set, settle, shelter, situate, specify, station, stipulate, task, transfer, transmit (≠ ban, bar, block, boot, confound, confuse, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, displace, dump, extract, extricate, fire, forget, free, impede, invalidate, leave, liberate, loose, lose, move, remove, -thwart, unleash, unsettle, upset)
ENSCONCE (/): archive, bury, cache, coffer, conceal, cover, -ditch, embed, entomb, entrench, establish, exhume, hide, hoard, holster, inter, -omit, pack, protect, screen, secrete, shade, sheathe, shield, squirrel, stash, store, stow, stuff, tuck, wedge (≠ bare, brandish, circulate, concede, confide, disclose, disinter, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, flaunt, open, parade, reveal, show, showcase, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap)
ENSHRINE (+): adore, affirm, bless, bronze, celebrate, ceremonialize, cherish, consecrate, conserve, dedicate, deify, devote, embalm, esteem, eternalize, exalt, fête, guard, hallow, honor, idolize, immortalize, lionize, memorialize, preserve, prize, protect, purify, respect, revere, ritualize, sanctify, shield, treasure, value, venerate, worship (≠ -abandon, bastardize, belittle, bestialize, condemn, contaminate, debase, decry, defile, demean, desecrate, disparage, disrespect, humble, insult, minimize, pollute, profane, regret, rue, tarnish, vandalize)
ENSLAVE (/): bind, cage, capture, chain, coerce, compel, confine, conquer, constrain, deprive, disenfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, hobble, hogtie, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, keep, lock, manacle, oppress, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, trammel, trap, yoke (≠ allow, deliver, emancipate, embolden, enfranchise, extricate, free, honor, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, permit, ransom, redeem, release, rescue, save, spring, subvert, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unshackle)
ENSNARE (←): ambush, bed, capture, catch, cheat, confound, confuse, corner, deceive, decoy, double-talk, embroil, encumber, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, hijack, hook, impersonate, implicate, induce, inveigle, involve, lasso, lure, mislead, nab, net, rope, seduce, seize, snag, snare, tangle, trap, trick (≠ -bypass, clear, detach, disenchant, disentangle, disgust, dissuade, -ditch, -dodge, dump, -exclude, free, liberate, lose, miss, release, repulse, restore, -shun, -sidestep, skip, untangle)
ENSURE (+): arrange, assure, attest, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, convince, crosscheck, establish, guarantee, guard, indemnify, insure, okay, pledge, promise, protect, prove, provide, safeguard, secure, swear, warrant, witness (≠ boobytrap, damage, dent, disrupt, doubt, enfeeble, erode, injure, sabotage, scotch, scruple, scupper, shelve, subvert, suspect, undercut, undermine, weaken)
ENTANGLE (←): baffle,
bar, bewilder, block, bottleneck, brake, burden, catch, check, choke, clog, complicate, compromise, confound, confuse, congest, constipate, constrain, corner, counter, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, dam, delay, detain, -deter, drag, embarrass, embroil, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, foul, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hook, impair, impede, implicate, incriminate, inhibit, interrupt, intertwine, involve, jam, jumble, knot, mire, muddle, obstruct, paralyze, perplex, plug, puzzle, ravel, resist, restrain, restrict, shelve, snag, snare, snarl, stall, stay, stop, swamp, swindle, tangle, -thwart, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle (≠ abbreviate, assist, clarify, clear, cut, detach, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, distinguish, ease, enlighten, -exclude, explain, extricate, facilitate, free, help, liberate, loose, order, organize, oust, release, remove, resolve, separate, sever, shorten, simplify, straighten, streamline, support, unbind, uncomplicate, unfasten, unfold, unknot, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, untie, untwist)
ENTERTAIN (←): absorb, amuse, beguile, busy, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, content, convulse, delight, distract, divert, elate, enchant, engage, engross, enliven, enrapture, enthrall, exhilarate, fascinate, gladden, grab, gratify, host, humor, hypnotize, immerse, indulge, inspire, interest, intrigue, involve, mesmerize, occupy, pacify, please, pleasure, razzle-dazzle, regale, relax, satisfy, slay, solace, spoil, stimulate, thrill, tickle, wow (≠ aggravate, annoy, bore, deplete, drain, earbash, enervate, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, fret, gall, grieve, heckle, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, rankle, rile, sadden, sorrow, tire, upset, vex, weary)