Activate

by Damon Suede

  FONDLE (←): baby, caress, clutch, coddle, cosset, cradle, cuddle, dandle, embrace, enfold, feel, gentle, grab, grope, hug, indulge, infantilize, knead, love, massage, mollycoddle, nestle, nose, nuzzle, pamper, pat, paw, pet, smuggle, snuggle, spoil, spoon, squeeze, stroke, strum, touch (≠ abuse, attack, -avoid, -disregard, drop, harm, injure, maltreat, manhandle, maul, -neglect, plonk, release, repel, repulse, rolf, smack, strike, torture)

  FOOL (←): bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, bullshit, burn, cheat, con, convince, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, double-talk, dupe, feign, fleece, flimflam, fox, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, humbug, hustle, jive, josh, kid, manipulate, misguide, misinform, mislead, outfox, outmaneuver, outslick, outsmart, outwit, pretend, rook, scam, shortchange, skin, snooker, snow, spoof, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, tease, trick, victimize, wrong (≠ assume, assure, believe, confess, confide, confirm, confront, debunk, disabuse, disclose, divulge, expose, face, honor, pity, protect, restore, reveal, trust, uncloak, uncover, undeceive, unmask)

  -FORBID (/): ban, banish, bar, blacklist, block, -cancel, censor, check, condemn, cordon, criminalize, damn, -deny, deprive, disallow, embargo, enjoin, -exclude, -excommunicate, freeze, -halt, hinder, impede, inhibit, -interdict, -kibosh, -nix, obstruct, -omit, oppose, outlaw, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, -refuse, restrain, restrict, spike, stop, straightjacket, stymie, taboo, -veto, withhold (≠ approve, brook, circulate, cultivate, disseminate, endorse, endure, invite, legalize, motivate, nourish, order, require, rubber-stamp, stomach, support, tolerate, welcome)

  FORCE (→): apply, bind, blackmail, bluff, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bump, burden, catapult, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, defeat, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, entrance, exact, exhort, extort, fascinate, fix, fling, foment, frogmarch, goad, grease, hasten, heave, hurl, hustle, impel, impose, impress, inflict, instigate, instruct, intimidate, jerk, jog, jolt, jostle, knock, launch, limit, lob, make, march, mesmerize, motivate, move, muscle, nobble, nudge, obligate, oblige, overcome, overcommit, pitch, poke, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, punt, push, railroad, ram, require, restrain, restrict, sandbag, shove, sling, squeeze, steamroller, stimulate, strike, strong-arm, throw, thrust, trigger, urge, wrench, wrest, wring (≠ assist, beguile, blandish, block, bribe, cajole, coax, comfort, consider, console, convince, curb, deactivate, delay, encourage, entice, flatter, follow, -frustrate, glad-hand, heed, help, hinder, impede, inactivate, inveigle, lure, maneuver, mark, mind, nobble, obey, obstruct, occlude, palaver, persuade, praise, reassure, respect, schmooze, seduce, serve, shelve, short-circuit, soothe, steel, sweet-talk, tantalize, tease, tempt, -thwart, wheedle)

  FORCE (/): assault, blast, blow, break, burst, bust, crack, defile, dislodge, exact, explode, extort, extract, fracture, fragment, free, heave, hoist, jimmy, lever, lift, move, open, pinch, pop, prize, propel, pry, pulverize, push, raise, ram, rape, ravish, rend, rive, rotate, ruin, rupture, shatter, shift, smash, snap, splinter, split, spoil, squeeze, thrust, twist, unfasten, unlock, violate, wrench, wrest, wring (≠ attach, benefit, block, blunt, buffer, close, connect, defend, fasten, fix, guard, help, join, mend, protect, -rebuff, repair, seal, secure, shield, solder, sustain, tend, unite, weld)

  FORECAST (→): alert, announce, anticipate, augur, calculate, call, caution, conclude, conjecture, declare, demonstrate, determine, discern, divine, envisage, envision, espy, estimate, expect, extrapolate, forebode, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, forewarn, gather, gauge, guess, harbinger, herald, infer, outguess, perceive, plan, portend, predetermine, predict, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, project, promise, prophesy, read, reason, reveal, scent, second-guess, smell, soothsay, surmise, telegraph, understand, visualize, warn (≠ bemoan, describe, distrust, doubt, dread, fear, forget, -ignore, lament, mourn, narrate, recall, recite, recollect, recount, regret, relate, remember, report, scruple, suspect, tell)

  FORESTALL (←): -abort, anticipate, -avert, -avoid, -balk, deflect, -deter, divert, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hinder, impede, intercept, monkey-wrench, obstruct, -obviate, occlude, parry, -preclude, preempt, -prevent, second-guess, shunt, stem, stop, -thwart, turn, ward (≠ accelerate, advance, aid, allow, assist, catalyze, cultivate, ease, encourage, facilitate, foster, further, grease, hasten, help, nurture, permit, promote, quicken, require, smooth, support, unclog)

  FORETELL (→): announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, call, caution, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope, figure, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, forewarn, harbinger, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, read, reveal, signify, soothsay, warn (≠ ascertain, bemoan, calculate, deduce, demonstrate, determine, insure, lament, mourn, prove, recount, regret, relate, report, settle, warrant)

  FORFEIT (→): -abandon, bomb, cede, -desert, discard, -disdain, dismiss, -disown, -ditch, drop, dump, flunk, forgo, -forsake, jettison, jilt, lose, muff, offload, -quit, -reject, release, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, sacrifice, scratch, -spurn, surrender, waive, yield (≠ accomplish, achieve, acquire, actualize, attain, award, claim, colonize, conquer, demand, embrace, gain, keep, obtain, procure, profit, reclaim, recoup, recover, retain, retrieve, reward, source, take, win)

  FORGE (→): beat, boast, carve, chase, chisel, clout, coin, contour, cut, draw, fabricate, fashion, form, hammer, hew, knap, knead, mint, model, mold, pat, pound, sculpt, sculpture, shape, stamp, work (≠ break, demolish, destroy, dissolve, fracture, fragment, obliterate, pulverize, raze, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shatter, shelve, splinter, wreck)

  FORGE (←): adulterate, bootleg, clone, coin, concoct, cook, copy, counterfeit, crib, design, doctor, dupe, duplicate, embellish, embroider, fabricate, fake, falsify, fashion, feign, frame, fudge, half-ass, imitate, invent, jerry-build, jerry-rig, juggle, manipulate, phony, pirate, plagiarize, produce, replicate, reproduce, scratch, simulate, trace, transcribe (≠ authenticate, confirm, corroborate, crosscheck, debunk, document, explain, expose, illuminate, notarize, prove, substantiate, validate, verify)

  FORGE (+): accomplish, achieve, actualize, assemble, brainstorm, build, carve, cast, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, construct, contrive, cook, craft, create, customize, develop, devise, effect, engineer, fabricate, fashion, form, found, frame, generate, hatch, invent, machine, make, manufacture, mint, model, originate, sculpt, shape, tailor, weave (≠ -abandon, -abort, break, -cancel, copy, crack, demolish, destroy, dismantle, doom, duplicate, end, eradicate, jumble, muddle, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, stall, stop, terminate, topple, undo, unmake, wreck)

  FORGIVE (+): absolve, accept, acquit, allow, clear, commute, condone, defray, discharge, -discount, dismiss, dispel, -disregard, efface, except, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, explain, forget, free, gloss, -ignore, justify, legalize, liberate, mitigate, -omit, -overlook, palliate, pardon, permit, pocket, purge, rationalize, redeem, release, relieve, remit, reprieve, rescue, shrive, spare, spring, tolerate, unburden, undercharge, vindicate, waive, whitewash (≠ abhor, abominate, accuse, allege, assess, avenge, blame, castigate, charge, chastise, condemn, convict, defame, -despise, -detest, discipline, execrate, fault, finger, frame, -hate, heed, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, -loathe, maintain, mark, mind, note, offend, penalize, prosecute, punish, rebuke, redress, refund, remunerate, repay, resent, revenge, reward, satisfy, scapegoat, -scorn, sentence, summon, transgress)

  FORM (+): arrange, assemble, brainstorm, brew, build, cast, chart, complete, compose, conceive, concoct, configure, construct, contrive, cook, craft, create, cultivate, cut, design, develop, devise, envisage, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, finish, fix, forge, formulate, foster, found, frame, handcraft, hew, imagine, improvise, institute, invent, machine, make, manufacture, mint, model, mold, order, organize, originate, outline, pattern, perfect, plan, plot, produce, project, raise, rear, refashion, remake, script, sculpt, shape, sire, structure, weave (≠ annihilate, atomize, break, canker, corrode, crack, crush, demolish, destroy, dev
astate, disassemble, dismantle, disperse, dissect, dissolve, disturb, doom, end, eradicate, explode, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, fracture, fragment, -halt, hurt, melt, powder, -prevent, pulverize, raze, ruin, scatter, shatter, shiver, shred, smash, splinter, tatter, tear, vivisect, wreck)

  FORMULATE (+): ad-lib, articulate, brainstorm, brew, cast, chart, clothe, codify, coin, communicate, compose, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook, couch, craft, create, define, describe, design, detail, develop, devise, disclose, draft, evince, evolve, express, forge, form, found, frame, graph, hatch, improvise, invent, itemize, map, originate, particularize, plan, prepare, propose, render, script, specify, spitball, state, systematize, vocalize, weave (≠ addle, baffle, bewilder, cloud, confuse, delete, destroy, disorganize, erase, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hinder, impair, impede, inhibit, jumble, muddle, mystify, -negate, perplex, puzzle, raze, ruin, scramble, stall, stop, stymie, tangle, wreck)

  -FORSAKE (/): -abandon, abdicate, abjure, betray, -boycott, -deny, -desert, discard, disclaim, -disown, -ditch, divorce, double-cross, double-deal, drop, dump, -escape, -eschew, fling, forgo, forswear, jettison, jilt, junk, leave, maroon, offload, -prohibit, protest, -quit, -refuse, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, resign, scrap, shed, shuck, -shun, -spurn, strand, surrender, unmarry, vacate, waive, wrong, yield (≠ accept, advocate, annex, colonize, embrace, espouse, harbor, hold, invade, keep, own, permit, possess, reclaim, redeem, rediscover, rescue, reserve, retain, save, support, withhold)

  FORTIFY (→): arm, arouse, bolster, boost, brace, buoy, buttress, cheer, comfort, confirm, embolden, encourage, energize, enforce, enliven, forearm, harden, hearten, inspire, inure, invigorate, nerve, poise, prioritize, prop, prostrate, rally, ready, reassure, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, renew, restore, revive, rouse, season, steady, steel, stiffen, stimulate, stir, strengthen, support, sustain, toughen (≠ chill, convulse, dampen, daunt, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dissuade, drain, enervate, enfeeble, leech, prostrate, sap, shake, soften, tax, tire, undercut, undermine, unnerve, weaken, wither)

  FORTIFY (+): acclimate, accustom, adapt, adjust, anneal, armor, barricade, blockade, bolster, boost, brace, buffer, bulwark, buttress, case-harden, condition, consolidate, cover, defend, embattle, enforce, entrench, fence, garrison, gird, guard, habituate, harden, immunize, indurate, inure, limber, mound, patrol, prepare, prop, prostrate, protect, rampart, ready, reinforce, season, secure, shield, steady, steel, strengthen, support, temper, tone, toughen, train, vaccinate, wall (≠ attack, battle, boobytrap, canker, cannibalize, capsize, consume, corrode, cripple, debilitate, decrease, deplete, depredate, diminish, drain, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, erode, exhaust, hamstring, hurt, incapacitate, injure, knacker, leach, level, mar, overextend, sabotage, sap, scotch, scupper, scuttle, sensitize, soften, subvert, topple, unhorse, unman, unseat, weaken)

  FOSTER (+): abet, advance, advantage, advertise, advocate, aid, assist, back, bankroll, bolster, boost, capitalize, champion, cultivate, develop, encourage, endorse, endow, entertain, expand, facilitate, favor, feed, finance, foment, forward, fuel, fund, furnish, further, grant, grubstake, guarantee, help, hold, hype, incubate, nourish, nurse, nurture, offer, patronize, plug, prioritize, proffer, promote, publicize, reward, serve, sponsor, stake, stimulate, stoke, subsidize, suckle, supplement, supply, support, sustain, tend, tout, underwrite, uphold, volunteer (≠ attack, ban, bankrupt, bar, battle, beggar, challenge, check, combat, counter, cripple, damage, defund, demotivate, deprive, discourage, encumber, enjoin, exhaust, exploit, famish, fight, fleece, foil, -forbid, -frustrate, -halt, hamstring, hinder, hobble, impair, impede, impoverish, inhibit, obstruct, oppose, outlaw, -prevent, -prohibit, proscribe, repress, retard, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shackle, shelve, snuff, squander, squash, squelch, stifle, strangle, subdue, subvert, suppress, undermine, waste, weaken, withhold)

  FOSTER (+): accommodate, adopt, advance, attend, breed, cherish, coach, cradle, cultivate, defend, direct, discipline, edify, educate, enlighten, father, feed, forward, furnish, further, guide, harbor, hatch, help, house, incubate, indoctrinate, instruct, keep, lead, maintain, mentor, mind, mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, prepare, preserve, promote, protect, provide, raise, rear, rescue, respect, save, school, shelter, shepherd, shield, show, supply, teach, train, treasure, tutor, watch (≠ -abandon, abuse, anguish, assault, -avoid, brutalize, bully, defile, degrade, exploit, harass, harm, hurt, -ignore, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, maltreat, menace, mishandle, mistreat, -neglect, oppress, persecute, savage, terrify, torment, torture, traumatize, victimize, violate, wound, wrong)

  FOUL (/): bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmirch, blacken, contaminate, corrupt, daub, defile, desecrate, dirty, discolor, draggle, infect, mire, muck, muddy, poison, pollute, profane, rot, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spike, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish (≠ clean, cleanse, decontaminate, delouse, disinfect, distill, exalt, filter, freshen, launder, purge, purify, quarantine, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize, wash)

  FOUL (/): block, catch, choke, clog, confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disturb, draggle, ensnare, entangle, fill, jam, jumble, knot, mess, muddle, obstruct, occlude, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snarl, tangle, twist, unsettle, untidy (≠ adjust, align, arrange, array, clear, consolidate, distribute, empty, loosen, marshal, methodize, open, order, organize, regulate, solve, sort, straighten, systematize, tidy, unpack, untangle, void)

  FOUND (+): arrange, assemble, author, bankroll, begin, commence, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, create, develop, devise, endow, enlarge, erect, establish, expand, fabricate, fashion, father, finance, fix, form, foster, fund, generate, hatch, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, invent, launch, make, manufacture, organize, originate, pioneer, plant, produce, raise, settle, start, subsidize, systematize, underwrite (≠ abolish, -abort, adjourn, annihilate, annul, -cancel, close, conclude, defund, destroy, dismantle, doom, end, finish, -forbid, -forsake, -halt, -nullify, -prevent, -prohibit, ruin, shut, stop, suppress, terminate)

  FOUND (+): anchor, base, build, construct, embed, erect, establish, fix, ground, install, locate, plant, position, predicate, raise, rear, rest, root, set, settle, stabilize, stay, steady, support, sustain (≠ cripple, damage, destroy, disable, disrupt, doom, erode, impair, incapacitate, rock, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, spoil, subvert, topple, undermine, weaken, wreck)

  FRACTURE (/): atomize, blast, break, burst, bust, chip, crack, crush, damage, deface, destroy, detonate, disfigure, disintegrate, dismember, disrupt, divide, efface, explode, fissure, flaw, fragment, grind, harshen, hurt, implode, kink, mar, pop, powder, pulverize, reduce, rive, ruin, rupture, scar, score, scrape, scratch, shatter, shiver, sliver, smash, snap, splinter, split, spoil, wreck, zap (≠ assemble, brace, buffer, buttress, clamp, doctor, fix, heal, join, mend, nurse, patch, plaster, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rehabilitate, remedy, renovate, repair, restore, save, shield, splint, unite, withstand)

  FRAGMENT (/): anatomize, atomize, axe, blast, break, burst, bust, chip, cleave, crack, crumb, crumble, crush, cut, decay, decompose, destroy, detach, detonate, diffuse, disconnect, disengage, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, disrupt, dissect, dissolve, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, excise, explode, fracture, grind, implode, mortify, part, pop, powder, pulverize, reduce, remove, rend, rip, rive, rot, ruin, rupture, scatter, scissor, segregate, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, slice, sliver, smash, splinter, split, sunder, vivisect, wreck (≠ affix, assemble, attach, bind, blend, bridge, cement, chain, clasp, clip, combine, complete, connect, corral, doctor, fashion, fasten, fix, forge, fuse, glue, heal, hybridize, join, meld, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, restore, sculpt, secure, synthesize, tie, unify, unite, weld)

  FRAME (+): arrange, assemble, brew, build, captain, cast, command, compass, conceive, concert, conclude, concoct, conduct, construct, contrive, cook, craft, create, design, devise, direct, engineer, envi
sage, erect, establish, fashion, father, finagle, finesse, forge, hammer, handcraft, handle, hatch, hew, imagine, institute, invent, machinate, make, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, mint, mold, negotiate, organize, originate, picture, plan, plot, prefabricate, quarterback, raise, rear, refashion, remake, run, scheme, script, sculpt, shape, structure, visualize, wangle (≠ abolish, annihilate, blow, bobble, botch, break, bungle, butcher, -cancel, demolish, destroy, devastate, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, eradicate, erase, explode, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, flub, fracture, fragment, fumble, half-ass, louse, mangle, mess, mishandle, muff, obliterate, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck)

  FRAME (/): accuse, allege, anathematize, arraign, attaint, blame, book, censure, charge, chide, cite, condemn, criticize, damn, denounce, fault, finger, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, involve, plant, prosecute, rebuke, report, reproach, reprove, scapegoat, sue, summon, trap (≠ absolve, acquit, advocate, aid, alibi, applaud, champion, clear, commend, defend, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, forgive, glorify, honor, justify, legalize, pardon, praise, prove, remit, salute, shrive, support, uphold, vindicate)

  FREE (+): absolve, acquit, alibi, bail, clear, deliver, discharge, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, except, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, rescue, rid, save, spare, spring, unbind, unburden, uncage, unchain, uncuff, undo, unfetter, unhook, unleash, unlock, unshackle, untie (≠ bind, cage, chain, commit, confine, conquer, constrain, convict, cuff, enchain, enslave, fetter, handcuff, hogtie, immure, imprison, incarcerate, incriminate, institutionalize, intern, jail, keep, lock, manacle, -prevent, restrain, shackle, subdue, subjugate, trammel)