by Damon Suede
GATHER (←): bend, corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, curl, double, fold, furrow, pleat, pucker, ridge, ripple, ruck, rumple, tuck, twist, wrinkle (≠ compress, crush, even, expand, extend, flatten, iron, level, press, roll, smooth, spread, squash, stretch, uncrumple, unfold)
GATHER (←): accrue, accumulate, acquire, aggregate, bag, capture, choose, claim, collect, commandeer, confiscate, conjure, crop, cull, -cut, download, draw, extract, fish, forage, garner, get, glean, grab, grow, harvest, hay, heap, hoard, hunt, impound, levy, mass, monopolize, mow, nab, net, pick, pile, pluck, procure, raise, reap, reclaim, recover, recycle, rescue, retrieve, salvage, scavenge, scoop, seek, select, snag, snare, stack, stockpile, summon, take, trap (≠ -abandon, bury, cultivate, diffuse, distribute, dump, find, grow, implant, lose, miss, nurture, plant, scatter, seed, seek, skip, sow, transplant, waste)
GATHER (+): accumulate, amass, annex, arrange, assemble, attract, ball, band, batch, brigade, build, bunch, cluster, collate, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congregate, connect, convene, corral, crowd, draw, garner, group, heap, herd, hive, integrate, join, link, lump, marshal, mass, meet, merge, muster, network, organize, overcrowd, pack, pile, pool, press, pull, raise, rake, rally, reintegrate, reunite, stack, summon, swarm, systematize, throng, unify, unite, wrangle (≠ allot, bestow, break, deal, diffuse, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, dispel, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, distribute, divide, furnish, offload, prorogue, scatter, send, separate, sever, split, spread, supply)
GAUGE (←): analyze, appraise, apprise, ascertain, assay, assess, audit, audition, benchmark, beta, calculate, calibrate, caliper, categorize, check, clock, compare, compute, conclude, connect, consider, consult, contemplate, contrast, correlate, count, critique, deduce, detect, determine, estimate, evaluate, examine, explore, eye, eyeball, figure, grade, guess, guesstimate, inspect, investigate, judge, learn, measure, meter, monitor, number, numerate, observe, ogle, peg, peruse, prioritize, probe, prowl, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regard, sample, scan, score, scrutinize, search, set, sift, size, study, survey, suss, tally, test, time, total, valuate, value, watch, weigh (≠ accept, addle, assume, baffle, bewilder, blind, bury, cloud, conceal, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, disguise, -disregard, fake, forget, fudge, half-ass, hide, -ignore, mask, miscalculate, misjudge, mislead, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, muddy, mystify, -neglect, -nullify, obfuscate, obscure, -omit, overestimate, -overlook, perplex, predetermine, puzzle, skim, skip, trick, trust, underestimate)
GENERALIZE (+): abbreviate, abridge, abstract, adumbrate, assume, compress, conclude, condense, contract, deduce, depersonalize, digest, distill, distort, educe, encapsulate, epitomize, infer, minute, outline, oversimplify, précis, profile, shorten, standardize, summarize, synopsize, theorize, universalize (≠ ascertain, complicate, customize, denote, detail, except, -ignore, miss, narrow, -neglect, -overlook, particularize, personalize, pinpoint, specialize, specify, unsettle) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
GENERATE (+): activate, advance, agitate, arouse, awaken, beget, brainstorm, breed, bring, build, catalyze, concoct, create, cultivate, develop, effect, effectuate, enact, encourage, energize, engender, establish, fashion, father, form, foster, found, further, galvanize, hatch, inaugurate, incite, incur, induce, initiate, innovate, inspire, institute, intrigue, introduce, invigorate, invoke, kindle, launch, make, move, nourish, nurture, originate, pioneer, produce, proliferate, promote, prompt, propagate, provoke, quicken, raise, reinvigorate, render, revive, rouse, sculpt, sire, spark, spawn, spur, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, vitalize, wake, whelp, yield (≠ abolish, arrest, check, control, crush, curb, damage, dampen, deactivate, demolish, destroy, doom, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, impede, inactivate, inhibit, limit, liquidate, -prevent, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, satisfy, scotch, slake, smother, squash, squelch, squench, stall, stifle, subdue, suppress)
GIVE (→): administer, afford, aid, allocate, apportion, assign, assist, award, benefit, bestow, cede, comp, confer, contribute, deal, deed, deliver, dish, dispense, distribute, dole, donate, endow, extend, feed, furnish, hand, help, impart, issue, lavish, mete, offer, parcel, pay, portion, present, proffer, prorate, provide, regale, render, sacrifice, supply, tender, transfer, volunteer (≠ advance, conserve, -deny, hold, keep, lend, loan, maintain, -neglect, -omit, pocket, preserve, reserve, retain, save, sell, -spurn, take, withhold)
GIVE (→): advance, assign, bequeath, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, deal, deed, delegate, deliver, deposit, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, endow, entrust, fund, furnish, grant, hand, leave, lend, loan, pass, recommend, release, relinquish, submit, supply, surrender, transfer, transmit, trust, vest, will, yield (≠ accept, detain, hold, keep, occupy, own, possess, receive, reserve, retain, take, withhold)
GIVE (→): advertise, air, allege, announce, articulate, broadcast, circulate, communicate, convey, declare, denounce, describe, disseminate, enunciate, expound, express, hype, offer, present, proclaim, promote, publicize, publish, raise, sound, state, submit, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, write (≠ -avoid, bowdlerize, censor, expurgate, gag, muffle, -omit, -overlook, purge, restrain, restrict, -scorn, stifle, suppress) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
GIVE (→): allocate, allot, blow, disburse, dispense, dissipate, drop, expend, fritter, lavish, outlay, pay, rain, scatter, spend, squander, throw, waste (≠ acquire, cache, earn, gain, garner, gross, hoard, make, net, obtain, procure, realize, save, secure, source, win)
GIVE (→): broadcast, communicate, conduct, contaminate, convey, deliver, diffuse, disseminate, impart, infect, pass, poison, propagate, spread, surrender, transfer, transfuse, transmit (≠ accept, catch, claim, contract, decontaminate, disallow, gather, isolate, oppose, purge, purify, quarantine, receive, -refuse, sequester, suppress, withdraw)
GIVE (→): act, carry, depict, display, dramatize, enact, exhibit, expose, extend, impersonate, mount, offer, parade, perform, play, portray, present, preview, produce, proffer, render, represent, show, stage, tender, unveil (≠ bury, censor, conceal, curtain, gag, hide, mask, obscure, -prevent, -prohibit, shroud, stifle, stop, suppress, -thwart) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
GIVE (→): acclaim, admonish, advise, advocate, applaud, back, brief, caution, commend, compliment, confer, consult, counsel, cue, direct, encourage, endorse, eulogize, exalt, exhort, extend, extol, glorify, guide, inform, instruct, notify, offer, plan, pose, praise, proffer, prompt, propose, proposition, recommend, sanction, spare, submit, suggest, tender, uphold, urge, volunteer, warn (≠ accept, accredit, approbate, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, -decline, -deny, disallow, -disregard, finalize, formalize, -ignore, -neglect, okay, -overlook, ratify, -rebuff, rebut, receive, -refuse, -reject, retract, sanction, -spurn, take, -veto, warrant, withdraw) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
GLADDEN (+): amuse, appease, assuage, boost, brighten, buoy, calm, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, content, delight, divert, elate, encourage, enliven, entertain, excite, exhilarate, feast, galvanize, grace, gratify, help, humor, indulge, invigorate, jolly, lift, lull, mellow, oblige, pacify, pamper, placate, please, sate, satiate, satisfy, soothe, spoil, suit, thrill, tickle, titillate, treat, warm, wow (≠ aggravate, anger, appall, bore, bother, bug, burden, chafe, cross, depress, dismay, displease, distress, enrage, exasperate, gall, harass, infuriate, irk, nag, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pester, rankle, rile, sadden, sicken, terrorize, troll, upset, vex, victimize, weary, worry, wound)
GLAD-HAND (←): accept, acclaim, befriend, beguile, blandish, butter, cajole, charm, coax, compliment, convince, court, embrace, flannel, flatter, grease, greet, hail, high-five, honey, hustle, include, influence, ingratiate, inveigle, invite, lure, massage, meet, palaver, persuade, receive, salute, schmooze, soft-soap, stroke, sway, welcome, wheedle, win, woo (≠ abuse, affront, anger, -avoid, bother, bug, disconnect, disgust, disjoin, divide, enrage, insult, offend, outrage, -reject, repel, repulse, -scor
n, separate, -snub, -spurn, terrorize, tyrannize, upset)
GLAMORIZE (+): adorn, adulate, advance, aggrandize, amplify, array, canonize, cherish, commend, deck, decorate, defend, deify, dignify, distinguish, elevate, embellish, endorse, enhance, enlarge, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, enthrone, euphemize, exaggerate, exalt, extol, garnish, gild, glitz, glorify, grace, heroicize, heroize, hype, idealize, idolize, improve, inflate, justify, laud, lionize, magnify, optimize, ornament, overhaul, perfect, poeticize, praise, promote, rationalize, recommend, respect, revere, revolutionize, reward, romanticize, sanction, sentimentalize, smarten, soften, sweeten, treasure, upgrade, validate, venerate, vindicate, warrant, worship (≠ admonish, assail, badmouth, belittle, blast, blemish, blight, blotch, caricature, castigate, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, crucify, debase, decry, deglamorize, demean, demonize, denigrate, denounce, deride, disparage, excoriate, fault, flay, hammer, impugn, judge, keelhaul, knock, lambaste, lash, malign, minimize, mock, neg, nitpick, pan, pillory, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, resent, ridicule, scapegoat, scold, -scorn, shame, shred, -shun, skewer, slam, slash, slate, spoil, stain, trash, upbraid)
GLEAN (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, ascertain, choose, collect, compile, conclude, cull, deduce, develop, earn, extract, find, gain, garner, gather, harvest, learn, obtain, pick, pluck, procure, profile, reap, recover, rescue, retrieve, salvage, scavenge, secure, select, sift, source, stockpile, win, winnow (≠ assign, bestow, bury, circulate, conceal, confuse, diffuse, disseminate, dissipate, encode, ensconce, garble, hide, mystify, perplex, puzzle, -reject, scatter, screen, shield, spread, withhold)
GLORIFY (+): acclaim, acknowledge, admire, adore, affirm, aggrandize, anoint, apotheosize, applaud, appreciate, approve, ballyhoo, beatify, blandish, bless, boost, canonize, celebrate, cheer, cherish, commend, compliment, congratulate, consecrate, dedicate, deify, devote, dignify, distinguish, elevate, emblazon, endorse, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, erect, eulogize, exalt, extol, fête, fetishize, flatter, glorify, gold-star, gratify, hail, hallow, heighten, heroicize, heroize, high-five, hoist, honor, idealize, idolize, intensify, laud, lift, lionize, magnify, ordain, praise, pray, prioritize, proclaim, promote, raise, recognize, recommend, respect, revere, reverence, reward, romanticize, salute, sanctify, sanction, sanitize, sentimentalize, strengthen, sugarcoat, swell, thank, toast, tout, trumpet, upgrade, uplift, venerate, worship (≠ abase, admonish, badmouth, bastardize, belittle, bestialize, blackguard, blame, blast, blister, boo, brutalize, cheapen, chide, condemn, criticize, critique, damn, debase, debauch, decry, defame, defile, degrade, dehumanize, demean, demonize, demote, denigrate, denounce, deprave, desanctify, desecrate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dismiss, disparage, -disregard, disrespect, execrate, fault, forget, frame, fulminate, humble, humiliate, -ignore, incriminate, insult, lower, malign, minimize, mock, -neglect, offend, pillory, profane, rebuke, reduce, regret, repent, reprimand, reproach, revile, ridicule, savage, scold, -scorn, shame, -shun, slander, smear, subvert, threaten, trash-talk, victimize, vilify, violate, vulgarize, wound, wrong)
GLUE (+): adhere, affix, attach, bolt, bond, cement, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clip, connect, fasten, fix, gum, hang, join, link, mortar, paste, pin, plaster, reaffix, reattach, refasten, resecure, seal, staple, stick, stud, tack, tie, unite (≠ break, cut, detach, disconnect, disjoin, divide, divorce, loose, loosen, part, separate, sever, split, sunder, tear, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unlash, untie)
GNAW (/): bite, canker, champ, chaw, chew, chomp, consume, corrode, crunch, decimate, destroy, devastate, devour, disintegrate, dissolve, eat, erode, fret, gum, masticate, munch, nibble, ruin, ruminate, waste, wear, wreck (≠ armor, conserve, defend, freshen, preserve, protect, recreate, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, revive, shield, sustain)
GNAW (/): aggravate, anguish, annoy, bedevil, beleaguer, bug, displease, distress, exasperate, fret, gall, harass, harry, hassle, haunt, irritate, madden, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, pester, plague, rankle, rile, ruffle, tease, torment, trouble, vex, worry (≠ allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, compose, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, propitiate, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize)
GOAD (→): abet, accelerate, adjure, animate, annoy, arouse, badger, beseech, blandish, browbeat, bully, cajole, catalyze, coax, coerce, convince, drive, earbash, encourage, energize, excite, exhort, fast-forward, fast-track, foment, force, frogmarch, goose, gravel, grease, harass, hasten, hound, hurry, hustle, impel, implore, importune, incite, incur, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, irritate, jolt, lubricate, march, midwife, motivate, muscle, nag, needle, nudge, palaver, persuade, poke, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rabble-rouse, railroad, rankle, rile, rush, sandbag, schmooze, soft-soap, spark, spur, stimulate, sting, stir, taunt, tease, trash-talk, trigger, urge, vex, wheedle, worry (≠ brake, check, constrain, cripple, curb, deactivate, demotivate, -deter, discourage, dissuade, freeze, hinder, inactivate, inhibit, paralyze, -prevent, protest, restrain, soft-sell, stall, stem, stop, straightjacket, stymie)
GOBBLE (←): absorb, accept, acquire, assimilate, bolt, consume, cram, devour, eat, engorge, engulf, get, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hog, incorporate, ingest, inhale, integrate, overeat, ram, raven, receive, scarf, snarf, stuff, swallow, swill, take, wolf (≠ -bypass, -decline, lick, nibble, -omit, peck, pick, -refuse, regurgitate, -reject, relish, savor, skip, spill, spit, splutter, taste, vomit)
GOUGE (←): bleed, cheat, clip, con, deceive, defraud, embezzle, euchre, exaggerate, fleece, fool, gazump, hornswoggle, hustle, hyperbolize, inflate, magnify, milk, nobble, overcharge, overstate, pluck, rob, rook, scalp, scam, shortchange, skin, snooker, soak, steal, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, surcharge, swindle, trick, undercut (≠ bankroll, bestow, capitalize, comp, compensate, disburse, donate, endow, fund, indemnify, pay, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, repay, return, reward, settle, square, undercharge)
GOUGE (/): chisel, claw, cleave, coarsen, core, cut, dent, dig, ding, dredge, excavate, extract, furrow, gash, groove, hack, hollow, incise, knife, lacerate, maul, nick, notch, penetrate, perforate, pick, pierce, poke, rut, scoop, score, scrape, scratch, shovel, slash, slit, split, tear, wound (≠ augment, block, buff, even, fill, flatten, heal, mend, plaster, plug, polish, restore, seal, shine, smooth, stroke, wax)
GOVERN (→): administer, boss, captain, chair, choreograph, command, conduct, conquer, control, dictate, direct, discipline, dominate, domineer, execute, guard, guide, handle, head, influence, keep, lead, manage, master, micromanage, mind, occupy, operate, oppress, orchestrate, order, override, overrule, oversee, pace, pilot, protect, regulate, render, rule, run, safeguard, shepherd, spearhead, stage-manage, steer, steward, subdue, subjugate, superintend, supervise, sway, tend, time, tyrannize, watch (≠ battle, buck, challenge, contradict, counter, defy, disobey, follow, mind, obey, oppose, -refuse, resist, subvert, topple)
GOVERN (+): arrest, block, bottle, bridle, check, choke, conduct, constrain, contain, control, curb, decide, determine, direct, dispose, gag, guide, hamper, handcuff, handle, hinder, hold, impede, incline, inhibit, interrupt, keep, measure, mince, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, order, pace, pocket, predispose, quell, regulate, rein, repress, restrain, rule, silence, sink, smother, squelch, stabilize, steady, steer, stifle, stop, straightjacket, strangle, subdue, suppress, swallow, sway, tame (≠ air, deregulate, destabilize, exacerbate, express, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, panic, release, unleash, vent)
GRAB (←): abduct, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, bag, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, collar, commandeer, cop, corner, corral, detain, disappear, embrace, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, get, glom, glove, grapple, grasp, grip, halter, hold, hook, kidnap, land, lasso, mesh, nab, nail, net, pluck, pull, rap, rend, rope, rustle, secure, seize, snaffle, snag, snap, snare, snatch, swipe, take, trap, tug, usurp, wrench, wrest (≠ discharge, drop, free, liberate, loosen, lose, miss, plonk, release, seek, surrender, unhand, yield)
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GRAB (←): absorb, arouse, arrest, attract, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, court, dazzle, delight, disarm, draw, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, entertain, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, gratify, hook, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, lure, magnetize, mystify, please, pull, puzzle, razzle-dazzle, rivet, seduce, solicit, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, transfix, win, woo, wow (≠ affront, anger, annoy, bore, bug, burden, disgust, dismay, displease, enrage, frustrate, horrify, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, rankle, repel, repulse, revolt, rile, satisfy, sour, tire, weary, worry)
GRACE (→): accessorize, adorn, appliqué, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, boss, braid, brighten, caparison, chase, costume, crown, dandify, deck, decorate, dignify, distinguish, drape, dress, drizzle, elevate, embellish, emblaze, emboss, embroider, enhance, enrich, fancify, favor, feather, festoon, figure, filigree, fillet, flavor, flounce, freshen, frill, fringe, garland, garnish, gild, glitter, glitz, glorify, hang, honor, lace, optimize, ornament, overhaul, paint, pigment, ribbon, season, smarten, spice, spiff, spruce, stipple, stud, swag, tinsel, titivate, tool, trim, wreathe (≠ bare, blemish, botch, damage, deface, denude, disfigure, disgrace, dismantle, display, divest, efface, expose, harm, harshen, injure, mar, repulse, reveal, scar, simplify, spoil, streamline, strip, tarnish, uglify, uncover)