Activate

by Damon Suede

  FASHION (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, alter, attune, automate, bend, calibrate, case-harden, condition, convert, correct, customize, doctor, edit, equip, establish, fake, familiarize, fine-tune, fit, gear, habituate, harden, harmonize, improvise, inure, match, mechanize, model, modify, mold, motorize, naturalize, orient, orientate, pattern, phase, prepare, prime, put, readapt, readjust, ready, recast, reclaim, reconceive, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refit, refocus, register, regulate, rehearse, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, rephrase, restore, retool, revamp, revise, rework, rig, right, root, salvage, season, settle, shape, square, suit, tailor, toughen, transform, tune, tweak, weaponize, wing (≠ adopt, borrow, break, confuse, copy, damage, destroy, disorder, disperse, disturb, dull, duplicate, hurt, misadjust, mismatch, ruin, scatter, scramble, spoil, unsettle, upset, worsen)

  FASHION (+): ad-lib, assemble, brainstorm, brew, build, coin, conceive, concoct, configure, construct, contrive, cook, craft, create, design, devise, envision, erect, establish, execute, fabricate, father, forge, form, frame, handcraft, hatch, hew, imagine, improvise, innovate, institute, invent, machine, make, manufacture, mint, mold, organize, originate, patch, picture, plan, prefabricate, produce, raise, rear, refashion, remake, rethink, script, shape, stitch, structure, visualize, weave, weld, wing (≠ abolish, annihilate, atomize, botch, break, bungle, demolish, destroy, devastate, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, eradicate, explode, exterminate, extinguish, find, flatten, fracture, fragment, half-ass, mangle, mar, pulverize, raze, repair, restore, ruin, shatter, shred, smash, steal, tear, wreck)

  FASTEN (+): adhere, affix, anchor, attach, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, buckle, button, catch, cement, chain, clamp, cleave, clinch, clip, close, concentrate, connect, corset, couple, deadbolt, direct, embed, establish, fix, focus, glue, grip, hitch, hogtie, hold, hook, implant, jam, join, knot, lace, latch, leash, link, lock, lodge, moor, mortar, mortise, nail, pin, rivet, rope, screw, seal, secure, set, settle, shut, solder, stick, strengthen, string, tack, tag, tether, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld, zip (≠ crack, discharge, disconnect, disengage, displace, divide, extract, free, leave, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, open, part, prize, pry, pull, release, remove, separate, sever, slacken, tear, unbuckle, unchain, unfasten, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlink, unlock, unseal, untie, uproot, wrest, yank)

  FATHER (→): baby, bequeath, bestow, carry, cherish, coddle, cradle, cultivate, discipline, educate, engender, fertilize, foster, guard, host, impregnate, indulge, inseminate, nanny, nourish, nurse, nurture, overindulge, overprotect, pamper, parent, produce, protect, raise, rear, respect, reward, school, scold, shelter, sire, spoil, teach, tend, train, welcome (≠ -abandon, abuse, betray, -deny, -desert, disclaim, -disown, exterminate, -forsake, murder, orphan, -reject, -renounce, -repudiate)

  FATHOM (←): ascertain, catch, comprehend, detect, determine, diagnose, dig, discover, disinter, divine, educe, elicit, examine, expose, find, follow, gauge, grasp, grok, identify, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pinpoint, plumb, probe, realize, recognize, reveal, savvy, search, see, solve, sound, suss, understand, unearth, unmask, unravel (≠ calculate, confuse, -disregard, estimate, forget, guess, -ignore, misconstrue, misdiagnose, misgauge, mishear, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, -neglect)

  FATIGUE (/): break, cannibalize, consume, cripple, debilitate, deplete, depredate, deprive, devitalize, diminish, drain, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, frazzle, harass, incapacitate, kill, leech, overextend, overtire, overwork, prostrate, sap, stultify, tax, tire, tucker, unhinge, weaken, wear, weary, wither (≠ activate, animate, energize, enthuse, heal, ignite, inspire, invigorate, kindle, muster, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, relax, rest, restimulate, restore, revive, spark, stimulate, stir, strengthen, vitalize)

  FAULT (/): admonish, anathematize, assail, attack, badmouth, belittle, berate, blame, blast, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, condemn, criticize, critique, crucify, decry, demean, demonize, denounce, deride, disparage, drub, excoriate, finger, flay, frame, gibbet, hammer, impeach, impugn, incriminate, judge, keelhaul, knock, lambaste, lash, nag, neg, nibble, nitpick, pan, pillory, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, resent, scapegoat, scold, shame, shred, skewer, slam, slash, slate, trash, tweak, upbraid (≠ approve, commend, correct, credit, defend, endorse, enhance, excuse, explain, extol, glamorize, idealize, idolize, justify, laud, lionize, moralize, optimize, overhaul, perfect, praise, rationalize, realign, recommend, rectify, revolutionize, reward, right, romanticize, sanction, substantiate, validate, vindicate, warrant)

  FAVOR (→): accommodate, advance, advantage, aid, assist, benefit, boost, charm, cheer, confirm, congratulate, cosset, delight, encourage, endorse, endow, enrich, forward, foster, fulfill, gladden, gold-star, grace, gratify, help, honor, humor, include, indulge, oblige, overindulge, pamper, patronize, placate, please, prioritize, promote, protect, reward, satisfy, spoil, succor, support, sustain, thrill, welcome, woo (≠ baffle, bench, blacklist, boobytrap, -boycott, checkmate, declass, demote, denounce, -desert, disappoint, fail, foil, -frustrate, monkey-wrench, oppose, picket, protest, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, sideline, -snub, subvert, -thwart, undercut)

  FAVOR (→): accord, arm, award, bankroll, bequeath, bestow, bless, clothe, comp, confer, contribute, cover, dispense, donate, dower, empower, enable, endow, enhance, enrich, entrust, equip, fund, furnish, gift, give, grant, heighten, impart, invest, lavish, offer, present, provide, spare, supply, tender, transmit, underwrite, volunteer, will, yield (≠ bilk, burgle, cadge, cannibalize, cheat, commandeer, consume, debilitate, defund, demand, deplete, disinherit, dispossess, divest, drain, exhaust, leach, mooch, poach, rob, scant, scrounge, skimp, steal, stiff, stint, strip, usurp, weasel, withhold)

  FAVOR (+): accept, acclaim, admire, adore, advocate, applaud, approve, authorize, back, bear, befriend, champion, choose, commend, congratulate, countenance, covet, crave, cull, desire, dig, endorse, endure, enjoy, face, fancy, fetishize, handpick, laud, name, okay, pick, praise, prefer, recommend, relish, salute, sanction, select, support, sustain, target, tolerate, uphold, want (≠ abhor, abuse, belittle, blackguard, blacklist, blame, blast, boo, condemn, criticize, critique, damn, denounce, deprecate, -detest, discard, -disown, disparage, -hate, jettison, -loathe, malign, mind, oppose, -refuse, -reject, ridicule, -shun, -spurn, wrong)

  FAVOR (+): abet, accommodate, aid, appease, assist, attend, coddle, comfort, conciliate, delight, gladden, gratify, harbor, help, humor, indulge, infantilize, mollify, mollycoddle, nourish, nurture, oblige, pacify, pamper, placate, please, relieve, satisfy, succor, support (≠ bother, burden, -desert, disappoint, disturb, encumber, faze, -forsake, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, hobble, impede, incommode, inconvenience, obstruct, oppose, sabotage, saddle, scotch, shelve, subvert, -thwart, trouble)

  FAZE (/): abash, addle, agitate, amaze, annoy, appall, baffle, bewilder, blindside, bother, chagrin, confound, confuse, daunt, daze, dazzle, deafen, debase, degrade, demean, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, dizzy, dumbfound, embarrass, flummox, fluster, freak, gaslight, harass, harry, haunt, heckle, horrify, humble, humiliate, incommode, irritate, jumble, mortify, muddle, mystify, needle, nettle, nitpick, nonplus, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rankle, rattle, roil, shake, shame, shock, startle, stun, surprise, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry (≠ anchor, assure, buoy, calm, cheer, comfort, console, convince, embolden, encourage, explain, favor, ground, hearten, help, humor, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, reassure, relieve, root, save, settle, soothe, stabilize, steady)

  FEATURE (→): accent, accentuate, advertise, assert, belabor, bolster, boost, concentrate, deepen, display, elevate, emphasize, escalate, exaggerate, exhibit, favor, flaunt, focus, foreground, heighten, highlight, hype, identify, illuminate, increase, intensify, magnify, mark, maximize, overemphasize, overplay, oversell, overstate, overstress, pinpoint, plug, present, press, pri
oritize, promote, publicize, punctuate, push, reinforce, sharpen, show, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore, upgrade, weight (≠ -avoid, belittle, bury, conceal, cover, curb, decrease, deemphasize, delegate, diminish, -discount, disparage, -disregard, downgrade, downplay, -eschew, hide, -ignore, lessen, lighten, marginalize, mask, minimize, miss, -neglect, obscure, obstruct, -omit, -overlook, quiet, reduce, sideline, silence, stifle, subdue, temper, tune, underemphasize, undermine, underrate, understate, weaken)

  FEED (→): banquet, batten, board, bottle-feed, cater, fatten, feast, fill, force-feed, foster, fuel, hand-feed, nourish, nurture, overfeed, provision, regale, reprovision, serve, spoon-feed, stuff, suckle, surfeit, sustain, victual (≠ -deny, deplete, deprive, drain, famish, hurt, -ignore, injure, leech, malnourish, -neglect, -refuse, starve, stint, underfeed, withhold)

  FEED (→): administer, allocate, apportion, assign, augment, beef, bolster, buttress, cede, contribute, deal, deed, deliver, deploy, dispense, distribute, dole, dollop, donate, encourage, endow, fill, fortify, foster, fuel, furnish, grant, gratify, hand, mete, nurse, nurture, parcel, portion, promote, prorate, provide, reinforce, reload, replenish, satisfy, stock, strengthen, supply, support, transfer (≠ conserve, -deny, deplete, deprive, drain, extract, harm, hoard, hold, hurt, -ignore, injure, keep, malnourish, -neglect, preserve, -refuse, remove, reserve, retain, sabotage, save, scupper, subvert, undermine, withhold)

  FEIGN (←): act, affect, assume, bluff, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, costume, counterfeit, devise, disguise, dissimulate, embellish, embroider, fabricate, fake, falsify, forge, ghostwrite, imagine, imitate, impersonate, invent, mask, play, playact, pretend, profess, roleplay, simulate, stonewall (≠ assess, attest, authenticate, benchmark, check, confess, confirm, confront, corroborate, crosscheck, debunk, discredit, divulge, document, expose, out, prove, reveal, shame, substantiate, test, unmask, validate, verify)

  FELL (/): annihilate, assassinate, bulldoze, butcher, claim, cleave, croak, -cut, dash, decimate, demolish, destroy, dispatch, doom, down, drop, euthanize, execute, finish, flatten, floor, gash, ground, hack, hew, ice, kill, level, mangle, martyr, massacre, mow, murder, neutralize, off, overthrow, raze, rive, ruin, sever, shoot, skittle, slash, slaughter, slay, smite, snuff, split, sunder, take, terminate, topple, tumble, unhorse, unseat, waste, whack, wrack, wreck (≠ animate, armor, assemble, bolster, brace, build, buttress, construct, craft, elevate, erect, grow, guard, maintain, nurture, preserve, protect, raise, rescue, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, save, secure, shield, stabilize, steady, steel, sustain)

  FENCE (/): bound, cage, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, delimit, encircle, enclose, girdle, hedge, hem, immure, pen, rail, restrict, separate, surround, wall, wrap (≠ break, broach, emancipate, expose, free, liberate, open, release, unchain, uncoop, unfasten, unleash)

  FENCE (/): armor, -avert, battle, bulwark, circumscribe, conserve, cover, defend, -dodge, fight, forfend, fortify, guard, keep, oppose, parry, preserve, -prevent, protect, repel, resist, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shield, ward, withstand (≠ -abandon, assail, assault, attack, beset, besiege, bombard, compromise, endanger, -forsake, harm, imperil, jeopardize, overrun, risk, storm)

  FERRET (←): ascertain, chase, descry, detect, determine, discover, dredge, espy, exhume, extract, find, forage, get, hit, hunt, learn, locate, penetrate, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, retrace, rifle, root, rout, rummage, scour, scout, search, seek, sight, sleuth, spot, trace, track, trail, unearth, uproot (≠ bury, conceal, cover, disguise, dismiss, -disregard, ensconce, forget, hide, lose, mislay, misplace, miss, obscure, -overlook, safeguard, shroud, squirrel, stash, stow)

  FERRY (←): beam, bear, bring, buck, carry, cart, chauffeur, convey, deliver, drive, fetch, forward, haul, lug, move, pack, ply, remove, run, schlep, send, shift, ship, shuttle, smuggle, take, taxi, tote, transfer, transmit, transport (≠ abandon, -deny, -desert, discard, -ditch, drop, -dump, hoard, hold, jettison, keep, leave, lose, maintain, paralyze, reconsider, -refuse, unload)

  FESTOON (+): accessorize, adorn, appliqué, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, braid, brighten, caparison, chase, costume, dandify, deck, decorate, drape, dress, drizzle, elaborate, embellish, emblaze, emboss, embroider, encircle, enfold, enrich, fancify, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, freshen, frill, fringe, garland, garnish, gild, glitter, glitz, grace, gussy, hang, impearl, jewel, lace, ornament, paint, pearl, pretty, redecorate, redo, ribbon, smarten, spruce, stud, swag, swathe, tinsel, tool, trim, wreathe (≠ bare, blemish, deface, denude, disfigure, dismantle, display, divest, efface, expose, harshen, mar, reveal, scar, simplify, spoil, streamline, strip, uglify, uncover)

  FETCH (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, assume, bag, bear, bring, buck, buy, capture, carry, catch, chauffeur, claim, collect, conduct, convey, deliver, download, earn, elicit, escort, garner, harvest, import, land, lead, lug, monetize, net, obtain, pack, piggyback, procure, produce, purchase, realize, reap, reclaim, recoup, recover, recycle, rescue, retrieve, ride, salvage, scavenge, schlep, secure, sell, shoulder, shuttle, source, stockpile, take, target, tote, transport, truck, wangle (≠ covet, crave, demand, -deny, deprive, -ditch, drop, dump, fancy, fetishize, furnish, give, hand, hoard, -ignore, lose, misplace, offer, offload, plonk, -reject, request, seek, shed, spare, stash, stockpile, supply, tuck, volunteer, welcome, withdraw, withhold)

  FETCH (←): ask, bill, bring, charge, command, cost, debit, demand, earn, exact, expense, gross, levy, merit, net, pocket, rate, receive, run, total, yield (≠ accept, buy, consign, -decline, -deny, disburse, pay, purchase, -refuse, scant, skimp, spend, starve, steal, stiff, stint)

  FETISHIZE (+): adore, appreciate, bless, bronze, celebrate, ceremonialize, cherish, commemorate, covet, crave, depersonalize, desire, elevate, enshrine, esteem, eternalize, eulogize, exaggerate, exalt, extol, fancy, hail, honor, idolize, immortalize, laud, lionize, love, magnify, memorialize, objectify, overestimate, overpraise, overvalue, panegyrize, praise, require, revere, ritualize, romanticize, seek, sentimentalize, treasure, value, venerate, want, wish, worship (≠ belittle, criticize, denigrate, denounce, deride, -despise, devalue, diminish, discredit, -disdain, dishonor, dismiss, -disregard, knock, malign, minimize, mock, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, regret, ridicule, roast, rue, -scorn, -shun, slam, slate, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify)

  FIDDLE (←): bamboozle, betray, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, clip, con, cook, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, double-cross, double-talk, dupe, embellish, embroider, exploit, extort, fake, falsify, fast-talk, finagle, fix, fleece, flimflam, fool, game, gazump, gouge, graft, gull, hoodwink, hornswoggle, hose, hustle, juggle, maneuver, manipulate, milk, mulct, nick, overcharge, pluck, ream, rook, rope, scam, screw, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, soak, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, trick, underpay, victimize, wrench, wrest, wring (≠ accuse, aid, appraise, assist, assume, audit, believe, confess, contribute, examine, expose, fail, give, help, honor, inspect, inventory, investigate, lose, maintain, offer, preserve, receive, recoup, rectify, refund, -refuse, repay, respect, restore, review, straighten, support, trust)

  FIGHT (→): accost, affront, ambush, assail, assault, attack, batter, battle, besiege, blindside, blitz, bombard, box, brave, bushwhack, challenge, champion, combat, confront, contest, contradict, counter, defy, dispute, disrespect, duel, face, flay, flout, hammer, harry, hit, humiliate, impugn, incite, insult, invade, lash, lunge, offend, oppose, outrage, pound, punish, race, refute, repel, repulse, resist, savage, scarify, scathe, scorch, slash, trounce, violate, withstand, wrestle (≠ allow, appease, armor, block, -bypass, calm, defend, endorse, forfeit, guard, heal, -ignore, lose, mellow, miss, mollify, nurture, outmaneuver, -overlook, pacify, permit, placate, quiet, rubber-stamp, second, settle, shield, skirt, soothe, support)

  FIGHT (←): antagonize, baffle, -balk, battle, block, buck, challenge, check, checkmate, combat, confront, contain, contest, contradict, control, counter, counteract, countercheck, cross, curb, debate, defy, discredit, dispute, face, foil, -frustrate, ham
per, hamstring, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, meet, monkey-wrench, muzzle, object, obstruct, oppose, oppress, oppugn, outlast, override, repel, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, short-circuit, smother, stem, stifle, straightjacket, stymie, suppress, -thwart, withstand (≠ abide, accelerate, accord, advance, advocate, assist, back, bear, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, champion, cultivate, diffuse, enable, encourage, endorse, endure, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, further, grease, hasten, nourish, nurture, permit, prioritize, promote, quicken, stomach, suffer, support, uphold)

  FILCH (←): bag, bilk, burglarize, burgle, cadge, cop, crib, defalcate, defraud, embezzle, extort, fleece, freeboot, grab, haul, heist, hijack, hustle, lift, loot, misappropriate, mug, nick, nip, nobble, palm, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, plunder, poach, pocket, purloin, rob, rustle, scrounge, shanghai, shoplift, snaffle, snag, sneak, snipe, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, weasel (≠ bequeath, bestow, buy, comp, compensate, contribute, donate, fund, give, guard, inherit, keep, offer, pay, present, protect, purchase, receive, refund, reimburse, repay, return, secure, stash, stint, supply, tuck, volunteer)