by Damon Suede
GUIDE (+): accompany, aim, attend, beacon, chaperone, conduct, control, convey, convoy, direct, dispatch, escort, forward, influence, lead, manage, maneuver, marshal, navigate, oversee, pilot, point, route, see, send, shepherd, show, steer, target, usher (≠ -abandon, abuse, baffle, block, confuse, dog, follow, forget, hamper, harm, hinder, hobble, hound, leave, mystify, perplex, puzzle, shadow, stall, stop, stymie, tail, tailgate, terrorize, -thwart, trail)
GUIDE (+): accompany, advise, attend, brainwash, brief, chair, chaperone, coach, convince, convoy, counsel, cultivate, direct, drill, edify, educate, engineer, enlighten, escort, foster, godfather, govern, help, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, influence, inform, instruct, lead, manage, maneuver, marshal, mentor, nurture, operate, oversee, pastor, pilot, retrain, rule, school, see, shepherd, show, spearhead, squire, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, train, tutor (≠ -abandon, abuse, addle, baffle, bury, compromise, conceal, confound, confuse, -desert, endanger, forget, -forsake, gaslight, hide, -ignore, imperil, misinform, mislead, mystify, -neglect, perplex, puzzle, risk, target, unhinge, unsettle)
GUT (/): burgle, cannibalize, clean, clear, consume, cripple, debilitate, decimate, deplete, depredate, despoil, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, discharge, disembowel, doom, drain, draw, dress, empty, evacuate, eviscerate, exhaust, gore, issue, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, rifle, rob, sack, strip, unload, unpack, vacate, void (≠ build, cram, devour, dispense, fill, furnish, gorge, ingest, load, nurse, nurture, pack, preserve, protect, replace, replenish, restore, stock, stuff, supply, sustain, swallow)
GUZZLE (←): absorb, belt, bolt, consume, cram, demolish, devour, dispatch, down, drink, eat, engorge, engulf, finish, glut, gobble, gorge, gulp, hog, hoist, hoover, imbibe, ingest, inhale, kill, lap, lick, overeat, pound, quaff, raven, scarf, siphon, slurp, snarf, stuff, suck, swallow, swig, swill, vacuum, wolf (≠ -avoid, barf, belch, -bypass, covet, crave, -decline, disgorge, eject, expel, force-feed, forgo, furnish, gratify, heave, jettison, nibble, offer, pass, peck, pick, puke, quench, -refuse, regurgitate, -reject, sip, skimp, skip, slake, spew, spill, spit, starve, stint, taste, vomit, withhold)
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HABITUATE (+): accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, coach, condition, counsel, discipline, domesticate, drill, edify, educate, familiarize, housebreak, housetrain, inform, instruct, inure, mentor, pacify, placate, school, season, tame, teach, tone, toughen, train, tutor (≠ agitate, baffle, bother, bug, confuse, destabilize, discompose, disconcert, disturb, dizzy, fluster, perplex, rattle, rile, ruffle, shake, trouble, unbalance, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, upset)
HACK (→): access, attack, automate, bootleg, breach, break, code, control, crack, debug, decode, decrypt, formulate, freeboot, infect, infiltrate, invade, jack, manage, mechanize, operate, penetrate, pierce, pirate, program, punch, rend, reprogram, rip, rupture, -sidestep, sneak, solve, wipe, wire (≠ ban, bar, block, defend, expel, guard, maintain, protect, purge, quarantine, remove, screen, shield, sustain)
HACK (+): address, command, control, direct, engineer, field, finesse, grapple, guide, handle, jockey, manage, maneuver, manipulate, micromanage, negotiate, play, pull, regulate, run, steer, swing, take, treat (≠ bobble, botch, bugger, bungle, foozle, fumble, half-ass, mishandle, mismanage, muff, ruin, spoil, wreck)
HACK (+): abide, accept, admit, allow, bear, brave, brook, countenance, endure, face, outlast, overcome, permit, resist, respect, sanction, stand, stomach, suffer, surmount, survive, swallow, tolerate, warrant, weather, withstand (≠ -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, combat, contest, -decline, dismiss, -dodge, -elude, -escape, -evade, fight, oppose, -refuse, -reject, resist, -shirk, -sidestep, skirt, -spurn)
HACK (/): axe, behead, butcher, chop, clear, clip, cut, damage, decapitate, disfigure, dismember, fell, gash, gore, guillotine, harm, hew, hurt, knife, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, notch, penetrate, pierce, puncture, razor, rend, saw, scar, sever, slash, slice, split, stab, sunder, unsew, whack, wound (≠ armor, attach, block, defend, doctor, heal, mend, parry, patch, preserve, protect, repair, rescue, restore, save, sew, shield, stitch, suture)
HAIL (→): accost, acknowledge, address, approach, buttonhole, confront, detain, embrace, face, flag, greet, high-five, hug, kiss, notice, receive, salaam, salute, shoulder, shout, signal, stop, wave, waylay, welcome (≠ -avoid, -cut, -elude, -evade, -ignore, -overlook, pass, repel, -shun, -sidestep, skirt, whisper)
HAIL (←): ask, assemble, beckon, bid, buzz, call, cite, command, convene, convoke, demand, include, invite, invoke, knell, muster, order, page, request, requisition, ring, subpoena, welcome (≠ banish, blackball, boot, dismiss, eject, exorcise, expel, -ostracize, oust, out, push, -rebuff, rout, send, skip)
HAIL (+): acclaim, accredit, acknowledge, adulate, applaud, approve, ballyhoo, blandish, celebrate, cheer, commemorate, commend, compliment, congratulate, deify, emblazon, endorse, enjoy, eulogize, exalt, extol, favor, fête, flatter, glorify, gold-star, gratify, greet, hallow, high-five, honor, idolize, inaugurate, laud, magnify, memorialize, observe, overpraise, praise, proclaim, recognize, recommend, rejoice, salute, solemnize, support, tout, trumpet, venerate (≠ accuse, admonish, belittle, berate, blame, boo, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, criticize, critique, denigrate, discredit, -disdain, disfavor, disparage, excoriate, keelhaul, knock, lambaste, neg, pan, rebuke, regret, repent, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rue, scold, -scorn, skewer, slam, -slight, -snub, -spurn, vilify)
HALLOW (+): anoint, baptize, bless, canonize, chasten, cleanse, commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, elevate, enshrine, exalt, exorcise, expurgate, extol, ordain, purify, respect, revere, sanctify, spiritualize, treasure, venerate, worship (≠ abuse, blaspheme, condemn, curse, cuss, damn, deconsecrate, defile, desacralize, desanctify, desecrate, dirty, execrate, foul, maledict, pollute, profane, punish, soil, taint, violate, wrong)
-HALT (←): abolish, -abort, accost, adjourn, annul, arrest, baffle, -balk, bar, block, blockade, bottleneck, brake, call, -cancel, catch, cease, check, clog, close, complete, conclude, confront, cripple, crush, curb, -cut, dam, deactivate, delay, demolish, destroy, detain, -deter, -discontinue, dissolve, end, finish, foil, freeze, -frustrate, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold, immobilize, impede, inactivate, interrupt, -kibosh, kill, -nix, obstruct, occlude, paralyze, pause, -prevent, punctuate, -quit, rein, repress, rest, restrain, ruin, scuttle, shelve, short-circuit, snag, snuff, squash, squelch, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, straightjacket, stunt, stymie, suppress, suspend, terminate, -thwart (≠ activate, actuate, advance, authorize, begin, brainstorm, budge, commence, continue, create, drive, employ, enact, encourage, establish, extend, forward, goad, greenlight, impel, initiate, instigate, introduce, keep, move, permit, prolong, propel, punt, push, reboot, restart, resuscitate, spur, start, stir, sustain)
HALVE (/): allocate, allot, assign, bisect, break, cleave, cut, divide, earmark, give, lessen, part, partition, portion, ration, reduce, sever, share, split, sunder, tear (≠ blend, combine, connect, double, fuse, hybridize, join, marry, meld, mend, mix, pair, patch, repair, synthesize, unify, unite)
HAMMER (→): attack, bang, bash, bat, batter, bean, beat, belt, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, brain, buffet, bump, bung, bunt, bust, butt, cane, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, club, concuss, conk, crack, cream, crush, cudgel, cuff, deck, defeat, drive, drub, fell, flail, flatten, flick, flog, floor, fracture, fragment, hit, jab, jostle, kick, knee, knock, lace, lambaste, lash, level, lick, mangle, maul, nail, paste, pelt, pepper, poke, pommel, pound, prod, pulverize, pummel, punch, push, rabbit-punch, rap, rough, sap, scuff, shove, skull, slam, slap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, spear, stab, stamp, strike, sucker-punch, swat, swipe, switch, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whack, whale, whip, zap (≠ aid, armor, block, caress, defend, deflect, -dodge, -duck, guard, help, hold, miss, parry, riffle, shelter, shield, stroke, support)
HAMMER (→): annoy, canvass, catechize, cross-examine, cross-question, debate, debrief, discredit, dispute, distrust, earbash, examine, grill, harass, hound
, interrogate, interview, nag, needle, niggle, nitpick, pester, poll, pump, query, question, quiz, rankle, rile, roast, sweat, test (≠ answer, contradict, counter, -deny, -dodge, doubt, -evade, explain, mislead, parry, rebut, refute, -reject, -repudiate, retort, retract, scruple)
HAMMER (+): abate, beat, boast, build, carve, chase, chisel, coin, craft, cut, draw, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, hew, knap, knead, make, mint, model, mold, pat, pound, sculpt, sculpture, shape, stamp, work (≠ break, contort, crumple, deform, destroy, disfigure, distort, mar, ruin, shatter, shiver, spoil, warp, wreck)
HAMMER (/): abuse, admonish, assail, attack, badmouth, belittle, berate, blame, blast, boo, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, critique, crucify, decry, demean, demonize, denigrate, denounce, disparage, disrespect, diss, earbash, excoriate, fault, finger, flay, fulminate, harangue, heckle, impugn, incriminate, jaw, keelhaul, knock, lambaste, lash, lecture, mock, nag, needle, neg, pan, pillory, pulverize, rag, rail, rate, ream, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, ridicule, scold, score, -scorn, scourge, -shun, slam, slate, tongue-lash, upbraid, vilify, vituperate (≠ acclaim, applaud, approve, congratulate, endorse, exalt, extol, gold-star, gratify, high-five, idolize, ingratiate, laud, lionize, outmaneuver, praise, sanction, trumpet, worship)
HAMPER (←): anticipate, baffle, -balk, bar, block, bottleneck, brake, bung, burden, catch, chain, check, checkmate, choke, clog, complicate, congest, constipate, constrain, counter, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, dam, dampen, daunt, delay, demotivate, depress, detain, -deter, disadvantage, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disrupt, dissuade, drag, encumber, entangle, entrap, fetter, foil, forestall, foul, freeze, -frustrate, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hogtie, impair, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, interrupt, jam, kneecap, knot, limit, lumber, mire, monkey-wrench, obstruct, occlude, oppose, overload, paralyze, pause, plug, preempt, -prevent, -prohibit, resist, restrain, restrict, retard, scotch, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, slow, snag, snarl, stagnate, stall, stay, stem, stifle, stop, straightjacket, stultify, stunt, stymie, tangle, throttle, -thwart, trammel, wing (≠ accelerate, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, clear, compel, disencumber, disentangle, ease, encourage, expedite, extricate, facilitate, fast-forward, fast-track, free, frogmarch, fuel, further, grease, hasten, heal, help, hurry, improve, liberate, loosen, lubricate, march, mend, midwife, oblige, open, prioritize, promote, prompt, propel, quicken, release, relieve, remedy, rush, smooth, spark, speed, spur, steady, stimulate, stir, stoke, strengthen, transcend, unclog, uncomplicate, unleash, unlock, untangle, untie, urge)
HANDLE (→): apply, command, control, direct, drive, exercise, exert, exploit, grapple, guide, maneuver, manipulate, operate, pilot, ply, run, steer, unsheathe, use, utilize, weaponize, wield, work (≠ bobble, botch, bugger, bungle, -disregard, foozle, fumble, mishandle, misuse, muff, -neglect, wreck)
HANDLE (→): address, administer, advise, bestow, boss, broker, captain, chair, choreograph, command, conduct, control, debate, direct, discuss, dispense, dole, dominate, employ, engineer, finesse, govern, guard, guide, hack, head, jockey, keep, lead, manage, manipulate, micromanage, mind, monitor, negotiate, orchestrate, order, oversee, pace, pilot, play, protect, pull, regulate, renegotiate, rule, run, safeguard, serve, shepherd, show, skipper, spearhead, stage-manage, steward, superintend, supervise, swing, tackle, take, tend, transact, treat, watch, wrestle (≠ bobble, botch, bungle, -disregard, foozle, forget, fumble, goof, half-ass, mess, mismanage, misuse, muddle, muff, -neglect, scamp, subvert)
HANDLE (→): abide, absorb, accept, allow, bear, brave, brook, countenance, endure, face, field, hack, meet, permit, pocket, respect, stand, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate, weather (≠ -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, combat, contest, -decline, dismiss, -dodge, -elude, -escape, -evade, fight, miss, oppose, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, resist, skip, skirt, -spurn)
HANDLE (→): auction, bandy, barter, bootleg, carry, commercialize, commodify, deal, dispense, dispose, distribute, dole, exchange, export, flog, import, keep, market, merchandize, monetize, offer, peddle, provide, retail, sell, smuggle, stock, supply, swap, trade, traffic, vend, wholesale (≠ borrow, buy, hoard, hold, import, keep, lease, lend, loan, possess, preserve, -prohibit, purchase, -refuse, rent, retain)
HANDLE (→): accept, bounce, caress, catch, clasp, cradle, dandle, dribble, embrace, enfold, feel, finger, fondle, grasp, grip, hold, hug, knead, manhandle, massage, pat, paw, pet, pick, riffle, stroke, strum, touch (≠ -avoid, -circumvent, -disregard, drop, -ignore, mishandle, miss, -ostracize, -refuse, release, -shun)
HANG (→): bait, balance, bend, brandish, dangle, drape, drop, extend, flap, flaunt, flourish, flutter, lean, lure, poise, project, showcase, sling, suspend, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, unspool, wave (≠ block, bury, cloak, conceal, draw, drop, hide, hold, holster, pull, retract, screen, sheathe, shield, stash, tuck, veil, wedge, withdraw)
HANG (+): affix, append, attach, cement, drape, fasten, festoon, fix, garland, glue, hook, mount, paste, pin, stick, string, tack (≠ cut, detach, down, drop, lift, lose, prop, pull, release, remove, tear, yank)
HANG (/): asphyxiate, choke, execute, gibbet, kill, lynch, pillory, punish, smother, stifle, strangle, throttle (≠ bear, create, drop, exonerate, free, release, resuscitate, revive)
HARANGUE (→): accost, address, annoy, buttonhole, declaim, earbash, exhort, expound, filibuster, harass, harry, hassle, lambaste, lecture, mouth, nag, needle, niggle, nitpick, preach, press, push, recite, spiel, spout (≠ assuage, calm, censor, choke, commend, console, -deny, gag, gratify, hush, -ignore, please, praise, quiet, repress, satisfy, silence, smother, stifle, suppress, withhold) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
HARASS (/): afflict, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, attack, badger, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, blackmail, bombard, bother, break, browbeat, bug, bully, burn, bust, chaff, chide, criticize, debilitate, distract, distress, disturb, drain, earbash, eat, enervate, enfeeble, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, frazzle, fret, frustrate, gnaw, goad, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, henpeck, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, kill, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, noodge, oppress, pain, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, provoke, pursue, raid, rankle, ride, rile, sap, scold, strain, stress, taunt, tease, tire, torment, trash-talk, troll, trouble, try, tucker, upset, vex, waste, weaken, wear, weary, worry (≠ activate, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, champion, ease, endorse, energize, favor, help, honor, humor, invigorate, laud, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, praise, rejuvenate, relax, rest, settle, soothe, strengthen, support, unwind, vitalize)
HARBOR (+): accommodate, barrack, bestow, billet, board, bunk, chamber, conceal, cover, defend, domicile, ensconce, guard, hide, hold, home, house, lodge, maintain, niche, place, protect, quarter, roof, room, safeguard, screen, secure, shade, shadow, shed, shelter, shield, stable, take, tent, ward, welcome (≠ banish, compromise, -disown, eject, endanger, evict, exile, expose, imperil, inhabit, jeopardize, occupy, -refuse, -reject, -renounce, -repudiate, -shun, target, tenant, threaten)
HARDEN (→): acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adjust, anneal, blunt, bolster, boost, brace, brutalize, buttress, callous, case-harden, coarsen, condition, deaden, dehumanize, desensitize, develop, discipline, dull, embitter, enforce, familiarize, forearm, fortify, habituate, harshen, immunize, indurate, inure, invigorate, naturalize, numb, paralyze, prop, reinforce, roughen, school, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stun, stupefy, substantiate, support, teach, temper, toughen, train, victimize, vitalize (≠ ameliorate, blunt, buffer, change, cripple, cushion, dampen, debilitate, discourage, dissuade, ease, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, flex, hamstring, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, indulge, injure, moderate, overextend, paralyze, sap, sensitize, soften, spoil, stretch, tenderize, undercut, undermine, unman, unsettle, upset, weaken)
HARDEN (+): amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, compress, con
centrate, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, dry, encrust, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, rigidify, set, settle, solidify, starch, steady, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen (≠ bend, dilute, disperse, dissolve, liquefy, loosen, marinate, melt, presoak, rarefy, relax, separate, slacken, smelt, soak, soften, steep, tenderize, thaw, thin, water, weaken, wet)
HARD-SELL (→): auction, ballyhoo, cold-call, commercialize, commodify, hawk, hype, leverage, market, monetize, peddle, pimp, pitch, plug, presell, pressure, promote, prostitute, push, sell, shill, tout, whore (≠ borrow, buy, cajole, furnish, give, hoard, import, keep, lease, loan, offer, -refuse, -reject, rent, schmooze, stash, supply)
HARM (/): abuse, afflict, aggrieve, assault, batter, blemish, bloody, break, bruise, canker, castrate, contort, contuse, crease, cripple, crucify, cut, damage, deform, disfigure, distress, fracture, gash, gore, graze, hamstring, harshen, hurt, impair, infect, injure, insult, lacerate, lame, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, molest, mutilate, nick, offend, pain, poison, prejudice, ravage, razor, rend, savage, scald, scalp, scar, scathe, scrape, shank, shiv, slice, spoil, stab, sting, strain, stymie, tear, torment, torture, traumatize, trouble, undermine, upset, weaken, welt, wound, wrinkle, wrong (≠ advantage, aid, assist, bandage, benefit, cure, doctor, fix, heal, help, mend, nurse, nurture, perfect, quarantine, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy, treat)