by Damon Suede
ESTIMATE (←): account, acquaint, adjudge, adumbrate, advise, analyze, appraise, ascertain, assay, assess, audition, await, believe, benchmark, budget, call, cipher, class, classify, compare, conclude, conjecture, consider, contemplate, criticize, critique, decide, deduce, determine, discover, enumerate, evaluate, examine, extrapolate, figure, fudge, gather, gauge, guess, guesstimate, infer, judge, learn, make, misjudge, misprize, outline, overestimate, place, plan, predict, price, prize, profile, put, rank, rate, read, reappraise, reason, reassess, reckon, reevaluate, regard, revalue, sample, scan, scope, scrutinize, set, settle, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, test, underestimate, understand, undervalue, valuate, value, vet (≠ assume, -blank, calculate, calibrate, compute, cost, count, disbelieve, -discount, -disregard, fake, forget, identify, -ignore, invoice, know, measure, miscalculate, misgauge, misjudge, mislead, mistake, -neglect, number, numerate, pinpoint, predetermine, prove, scale, skip, time)
EVACUATE (→): barf, belch, bleed, blow, clean, clear, cull, deep-six, deplete, discard, discharge, disclaim, disgorge, dislodge, dispossess, -ditch, drain, draw, drop, dump, ease, eject, eliminate, emit, empty, excise, -exclude, excrete, exhaust, exile, exorcise, expel, exude, flush, jettison, junk, oust, purge, -reject, relieve, remove, scour, scrap, shed, snip, spew, sweep, trash, unpack, vent, void, vomit, waste (≠ cram, feed, fill, fuel, furnish, insert, invite, jam, load, overstuff, pack, replenish, stash, stow, stuff, supply, tuck, wedge, welcome)
EVACUATE (/): -abandon, abdicate, abstract, clear, depart, -desert, -discontinue, drop, empty, -escape, -flee, -forsake, leave, -omit, -quit, relinquish, remove, resign, surrender, vacate, -void, withdraw (≠ access, annex, colonize, conquer, defend, enter, haunt, inhabit, invade, occupy, people, populate, possess, settle, tenant, vanquish)
-EVADE (→): -avert, -avoid, baffle, -balk, block, -bypass, check, -circumvent, -decline, defeat, deflect, defy, detour, disobey, -ditch, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, fence, -flee, foil, -frustrate, fudge, obstruct, outrun, parry, -prevent, -refuse, shift, -shirk, shortcut, shuffle, -shun, -sidestep, skip, snooker, -spurn, stall, stymie, subvert, -thwart, waive (≠ abide, absorb, accept, accost, attack, beard, bide, brave, confront, contact, court, dare, defy, divulge, embrace, endure, engage, face, habituate, incur, meet, oppose, pursue, seek, stomach, sustain, tolerate, waylay, weather, welcome, woo)
EVALUATE (←): adjudge, advise, allot, analyze, appraise, apprise, ascertain, assay, assess, assign, audit, audition, benchmark, beta, budget, calculate, calibrate, categorize, check, class, classify, codify, compare, compute, conclude, connect, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, count, criticize, critique, deduce, detect, determine, diagnose, distill, enumerate, estimate, examine, explore, eye, eyeball, gauge, grade, group, guesstimate, hierarchize, identify, inspect, interpret, investigate, invoice, judge, learn, liken, mark, measure, number, numerate, observe, ogle, outline, part, peg, peruse, pigeonhole, price, prioritize, probe, profile, prove, quantify, quantize, rank, rate, read, reckon, regard, reinvestigate, review, sample, scan, scope, score, scrutinize, search, second-guess, sift, size, slot, stereotype, study, subdivide, survey, systematize, tally, test, time, total, triangulate, try, underestimate, valuate, value, vet, watch, weigh (≠ accept, addle, assume, await, baffle, believe, bewilder, blind, blindfold, bury, -bypass, cheat, conceal, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, -discount, disguise, -disregard, dupe, erase, excuse, fake, fancy, fool, forgive, fudge, -ignore, mask, miscalculate, misconstrue, misdiagnose, misgauge, mishear, misinterpret, misjudge, mislead, misprize, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mystify, -neglect, obscure, -omit, outwit, overestimate, -overlook, overstate, pass, perplex, predetermine, pretend, puzzle, scam, -shirk, skew, skip, trick, underestimate, undervalue)
EVICT (→): alienate, ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, boot, bounce, -boycott, cloister, confine, cordon, -deny, deport, detach, disallow, disbar, dislodge, dismiss, disqualify, eject, eliminate, eradicate, excise, -exclude, -excommunicate, exile, exorcise, expatriate, expel, extirpate, extradite, -forbid, -ignore, insulate, isolate, -ostracize, oust, -prohibit, proscribe, -reject, relegate, remove, -renounce, -repudiate, screen, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester (≠ accept, admit, board, forgive, harbor, hold, house, include, install, invite, keep, lease, lodge, maintain, receive, renew, rent, room, shelter, support, take, welcome)
EVISCERATE (/): amputate, bone, butcher, castrate, claw, clean, cleave, core, cut, deball, disembowel, disfigure, dismember, dissect, draw, dress, empty, excise, extract, geld, gouge, gut, hack, harvest, hollow, impale, injure, lacerate, mangle, maul, mutilate, razor, remove, scoop, sever, slice, slit, sunder, torture, vivisect, withdraw, yank (≠ armor, bandage, close, doctor, fill, guard, heal, help, nurse, nurture, protect, remedy, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, seal, shield, stitch, stuff, suture, transplant)
EVOKE (←): arouse, awaken, bare, beckon, call, coax, conjure, disclose, discover, divulge, drag, dredge, educe, elicit, evince, excite, expose, extort, extract, gain, get, induce, inspire, invoke, kindle, milk, obtain, procure, provoke, pull, raise, rally, recall, reveal, rouse, secure, stimulate, stir, summon, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil, wake, wangle, wrest, wring (≠ -disregard, erase, forget, -halt, -ignore, miss, -neglect, -overlook, quell, repress, squench, stifle, suppress, -thwart)
EXACERBATE (→): accent, accentuate, aggravate, amplify, anguish, annoy, antagonize, arouse, assert, badger, bait, bother, chafe, complicate, compound, deepen, disturb, emphasize, enrage, envenom, escalate, exaggerate, exasperate, excite, fret, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, heighten, increase, inflame, infuriate, intensify, irk, irritate, madden, magnify, maximize, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, overdramatize, peeve, perturb, pester, provoke, rankle, sharpen, tease, torment, trigger, troll, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex, worsen (≠ allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, better, calm, ease, expiate, help, humor, hush, improve, lighten, lubricate, lull, mellow, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, relieve, salve, soothe, uncomplicate)
EXACT (←): ask, assess, badger, blackmail, bleed, challenge, charge, cheat, claim, coerce, command, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dock, dragoon, dun, enjoin, excise, extort, extract, fine, fleece, force, gouge, gyp, harass, hound, impose, inflict, insist, lay, levy, milk, mulct, oblige, obtain, penalize, pinch, reap, reclaim, recoup, recover, request, require, requisition, rescue, retrieve, scavenge, skin, solicit, source, squeeze, stipulate, swindle, take, tax, warrant, wreak, wrench, wrest, wring (≠ abate, bequeath, bestow, comp, condone, contribute, diminish, dispense, -disregard, donate, excuse, foist, forfeit, forgive, furnish, give, grant, -ignore, lessen, pardon, patronize, pay, provide, push, -refuse, release, relinquish, remit, spare, steal, stiff, stint, supply, surrender, tender, yield)
EXAGGERATE (→): accent, accentuate, aggrandize, amplify, assert, belabor, boast, bolster, boost, caricature, color, cook, corrupt, deceive, deepen, distend, distort, double-talk, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enhance, enlarge, enrich, exalt, expand, fabricate, fake, falsify, forge, fudge, glorify, goliathize, grace, heighten, heroicize, heroize, hike, honor, hyperbolize, idealize, idolize, inflate, intensify, magnify, maximize, mislead, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdramatize, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, oversell, overstate, pad, paint, pigment, poeticize, puff, punctuate, pyramid, romanticize, satirize, scam, sentimentalize, stress, stretch, up (≠ belittle, bury, conceal, curb, curtail, cut, deemphasize, diminish, dismiss, downplay, hide, lessen, mask, minimize, moderate, modulate, muffle, obscure, reduce, restrain, screen, shrink, smother, spackle, stifle, underemphasize, understate, varnish, whitewash)
EXALT (+): acclaim, acknowledge, admire, adore, aggrandize, anoint, apotheosize, applaud, appreciate, approve, ballyhoo, beatify, blandish, bless, boost, celebrate, cheer, cherish, commend, compliment, congratulate, consecrate, dedicate, deify, devote, dignify, elevate, endorse, ennoble, enthrone, erect, eulogize, extol, flatter, glorify, gold-star, gratify, hail, hallow, heighten, hoist, honor, i
dolize, laud, lift, lionize, magnify, ordain, praise, pray, prioritize, promote, raise, recognize, recommend, respect, revere, reverence, reward, salute, sanctify, sanction, strengthen, swell, thank, toast, tout, trumpet, uplift, venerate, worship (≠ abase, badmouth, bastardize, belittle, bestialize, blacken, blackguard, blame, blast, boo, brutalize, chasten, cheapen, chide, condemn, criticize, critique, debase, debauch, decry, defame, degrade, dehumanize, demean, demonize, demoralize, demote, denigrate, denounce, deprave, desacralize, desanctify, desecrate, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dismiss, disparage, execrate, fulminate, humble, humiliate, incriminate, lower, minimize, offend, pillory, profane, reduce, reproach, revile, ridicule, savage, smear, subvert, threaten, traduce, trash-talk, victimize, vilify, vulgarize, wound, wrong)
EXAMINE (←): analyze, appraise, assess, audit, benchmark, browse, calculate, caliper, case, categorize, check, clock, collate, comb, compute, con, consider, contemplate, criticize, critique, cruise, diagnose, dissect, estimate, explore, eye, eyeball, finger, frisk, inspect, investigate, learn, mull, notice, number, numerate, observe, oversee, parse, peruse, plumb, police, ponder, prioritize, probe, process, prove, prowl, rank, read, reconnoiter, reference, reinvestigate, research, review, revise, riffle, rifle, sample, scan, scope, screen, scrutinize, search, sift, study, surf, survey, sweep, test, vet, watch, weigh, winnow, x-ray (≠ accept, anonymize, assume, baffle, believe, blind, blindfold, -bypass, cheat, confound, confuse, deceive, -discount, disguise, -disregard, dupe, erase, estimate, fake, fancy, fool, forget, fudge, -ignore, mask, miscalculate, misconstrue, misdiagnose, mishear, misinterpret, mislead, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mystify, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, overstate, perplex, puzzle, scam, skew, skim, skip, skirt, stiff, trick)
EXAMINE (←): annoy, canvass, certify, consult, cross-examine, cross-question, debrief, gauge, grill, harass, hound, interrogate, interview, judge, measure, nag, niggle, nitpick, pester, pump, query, question, quiz, test, time, weigh (≠ answer, -avoid, believe, conceal, -duck, feign, hide, misgauge, mislead, observe, -refuse, rejoin, remark, retort, study, trust)
EXASPERATE (→): affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, arouse, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, bug, chafe, chaff, chagrin, devil, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, earbash, eat, enrage, envenom, exacerbate, exaggerate, exercise, fret, frost, frustrate, gall, get, goad, grate, gravel, hagride, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hurt, impair, incense, inflame, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, itch, madden, magnify, maltreat, miff, mistreat, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, outrage, overdramatize, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, spite, tease, torment, troll, trouble, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex, weary, worry (≠ aid, alleviate, ameliorate, amend, appease, assist, assuage, better, calm, cheer, comfort, compose, console, content, delight, ease, favor, gladden, gratify, help, honor, humor, improve, indulge, lull, mellow, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, quiet, reassure, satisfy, soothe, sugarcoat, thrill, tranquilize, woo)
EXCAVATE (←): claw, core, cut, dig, discover, disinter, dredge, empty, exhume, explore, gouge, grub, hollow, investigate, mine, plumb, probe, quarry, reveal, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, spud, trench, uncover, unearth, unpack (≠ bury, conceal, cover, ensconce, entomb, fill, hide, -ignore, inter, shield, smooth, spackle)
EXCEED (→): beat, best, better, cap, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, eclipse, expand, extend, flaunt, lick, magnify, master, maximize, one-up, outbalance, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outgrow, outgun, outlast, outpace, outperform, outrace, outrank, outreach, outrun, outsell, outshine, outstrip, outweigh, overcome, overshadow, overstep, overtake, pass, rout, shame, skunk, subdue, surmount, surpass, thrash, top, transcend, trim, trounce, trump, vanquish, wallop, whip (≠ -abandon, ape, approximate, clone, concede, copy, defer, diminish, -dodge, emulate, follow, forfeit, -forsake, lose, match, mimic, minimize, miss, relinquish, -renounce, resign, shrink, shrivel, wither)
EXCHANGE (+): alternate, assign, bandy, barter, cede, change, commercialize, commodify, commute, consign, convert, displace, grant, hand, imitate, interchange, invert, leverage, market, monetize, network, rearrange, rejigger, replace, represent, reverse, rotate, second, sell, shift, shuffle, substitute, supersede, supplant, surrender, swap, switch, trade, traffic, transfer, transpose, yield (≠ abide, bide, continue, -decline, -deny, endure, grasp, grip, hoard, hold, -ignore, keep, maintain, preserve, reserve, retain, stash, stay, steal, sustain, take, tolerate)
EXCISE (/): amputate, axe, bisect, break, butcher, circumcise, cleave, cut, delete, destroy, disassemble, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dismantle, dissect, disunite, divide, doom, draw, edit, elide, eliminate, eradicate, erase, estrange, excavate, expunge, expurgate, exterminate, extract, extricate, fragment, gut, halve, pare, razor, remove, rend, -rescind, rip, sacrifice, scissor, scratch, sever, slash, slice, split, strike, sunder, trim, uncouple, vivisect, withdraw (≠ add, affix, allow, amplify, augment, bear, bury, defend, develop, embed, endure, engender, enlarge, generate, gestate, graft, grow, implant, include, insert, intensify, keep, lose, maintain, plant, preserve, protect, replace, restore, sustain)
EXCITE (→): abet, activate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astonish, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, charge, congratulate, delight, discompose, disturb, dizzy, drive, elate, electrify, encourage, energize, engender, enliven, enrage, enthuse, evoke, exasperate, exhilarate, fan, ferment, fire, flush, fluster, foment, gall, galvanize, gobsmack, high-five, ignite, impassion, impress, incite, incur, induce, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, intoxicate, invigorate, irritate, jar, jeer, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, motivate, move, offend, pique, provoke, quicken, raise, rev, rouse, shock, spark, startle, stimulate, stir, taunt, tease, thrill, tickle, touch, trigger, uplift, upset, vex, vitalize, wake, warm, whet, worry, wow (≠ appease, bar, bore, bother, bug, burden, calm, deaden, demoralize, depress, dishearten, dispirit, encumber, hush, inhibit, lull, lumber, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nag, nauseate, needle, pacify, placate, quiet, repress, sadden, sedate, sicken, soothe, stagnate, subdue, suppress, tire, tranquilize, weary, worry)
EXCITE (→): accelerate, boost, catalyze, electrify, elicit, encourage, engender, evoke, facilitate, fan, foment, galvanize, generate, goad, hasten, ignite, impel, incite, incur, induce, instigate, intensify, lubricate, midwife, motivate, precipitate, prioritize, provoke, quicken, rally, spark, spur, start, stimulate, stoke, sway, trigger, urge (≠ -abort, block, burden, dampen, deactivate, deaden, dull, encumber, exterminate, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hamstring, hinder, impede, inactivate, lower, lumber, obstruct, -prevent, restrain, slow, stall, stop, stymie, -thwart, weaken)
EXCITE (←): amuse, arouse, awaken, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, entertain, enthrall, entice, grab, hook, hypnotize, inflame, interest, intrigue, jazz, mesmerize, provoke, rivet, rouse, spellbind, stimulate, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, wow (≠ appease, bore, bug, chagrin, dampen, deaden, demotivate, discourage, dull, fatigue, inhibit, nonplus, repel, repress, repulse, sadden, sicken, still, subdue, tire, weary, worry)
-EXCLUDE (/): ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, -blank, block, bounce, -boycott, cordon, delegitimize, delete, disallow, disbar, disqualify, -disregard, drop, eject, eliminate, embargo, evict, except, exempt, expel, -forbid, -ignore, -interdict, leave, obstruct, -obviate, occlude, -omit, -ostracize, oust, outlaw, picket, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, protest, -refuse, -reject, remove, -repudiate, sideline, skip, -spurn, suspend, -veto (≠ accept, add, admit, allow, approve, choose, consider, count, embrace, entertain, help, include, incorporate, invite, involve, keep, legalize, legitimize, open, permit, ratify, receive, sanction, support, take, welcome)
EXCUSE (+): absolve, acquit, alibi, alleviate, appease, clear, confess, contextualize, discharge, ease, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, explain, forgive, free, -ignore, indulge, justify, legalize, lessen, liberate, lighten, mitigate, moderate, -overlook, palliate, pard
on, rationalize, release, remit, reprieve, shrive, soften, soft-pedal, spare, sugarcoat, temper, tolerate, varnish, vindicate (≠ arrest, castigate, chastise, crucify, discipline, fine, imprison, indict, penalize, punish, rebuke, reprimand, sentence, shame, warn)
EXCUSE (+): clear, condone, cover, defend, -discount, -disregard, exempt, explain, forgive, gloss, -ignore, justify, minimize, mitigate, -omit, -overlook, pardon, rationalize, remit, spare, tolerate, vindicate, waive, whitewash (≠ adjudge, assert, blame, censure, chasten, condemn, damn, denounce, denunciate, deplore, fault, finger, frame, fulminate, heed, incriminate, judge, mark, mind, note, reproach, resent, resist, scapegoat, slam)
EXECUTE (→): accomplish, ace, achieve, act, actualize, administer, apply, attain, automate, broker, cite, claim, commit, compass, complete, consummate, crest, deliver, discharge, dispatch, effect, effectuate, enact, end, enforce, engage, engineer, expedite, finish, fulfill, govern, hack, honor, implement, invoke, legislate, make, manage, mechanize, nail, negotiate, observe, perform, perpetrate, practice, promulgate, prosecute, realize, reduplicate, reenact, render, repeat, score, serve, stage, transact, uphold, validate, work (≠ -abandon, -desert, -disregard, forget, -ignore, mismanage, miss, -neglect, scamp, -shirk, skimp, -slight, slur, undershoot)