by Damon Suede
HIDE (→): archive, bank, box, bury, cache, conceal, cover, cram, deposit, -ditch, dump, embed, enclose, engulf, ensconce, enshroud, entomb, harbor, hoard, holster, immerse, implant, insert, inter, jam, niche, package, pickle, plant, reserve, secrete, secure, sheathe, shelter, sink, smuggle, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow, stuff, submerge, thrust, tuck, veil, wedge, wrap (≠ ascertain, bare, brandish, comb, detect, discover, disinter, display, dredge, exhibit, exhume, explore, expose, find, flaunt, hunt, parade, probe, prowl, pursue, ransack, reveal, rifle, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, share, show, showcase, track, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap)
HIDE (/): beard, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blanket, blind, block, blot, bury, cache, camouflage, censor, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, costume, couch, cover, curtain, darken, deceive, disguise, double-talk, eclipse, enshroud, gild, gloss, harbor, hood, hush, mask, obscure, obstruct, occlude, occult, -omit, overshadow, pocket, redact, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, smother, sneak, spackle, stifle, submerge, sugarcoat, suppress, varnish, veil, whitewash, withhold, wrap (≠ accost, advertise, air, bare, betray, broadcast, bulletin, candy-coat, circulate, clarify, concede, confess, confide, confirm, confront, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, expose, exteriorize, externalize, flaunt, floodlight, herald, hype, identify, illuminate, light, limelight, manifest, out, parade, presell, present, proclaim, publicize, publish, reveal, shill, show, showcase, spread, telegraph, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil)
HIGHLIGHT (→): accent, accentuate, advertise, assert, belabor, bolster, boost, concentrate, deepen, display, elevate, emphasize, escalate, exaggerate, exhibit, favor, feature, flaunt, focus, foreground, heighten, hype, identify, illuminate, increase, intensify, magnify, mark, overemphasize, overplay, oversell, overstate, overstress, pinpoint, plug, present, press, prioritize, promote, publicize, punctuate, push, reinforce, sharpen, show, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore, weight (≠ -avoid, belittle, bury, censor, conceal, cover, curb, decrease, deemphasize, delegate, diminish, -discount, disparage, -disregard, downplay, -eschew, hide, -ignore, lessen, marginalize, minimize, miss, -neglect, obscure, obstruct, -omit, -overlook, quiet, reduce, sideline, silence, subdue, temper, tune, underemphasize, undermine, underrate, understate)
HIJACK (←): appropriate, bogart, capture, carjack, commandeer, confiscate, disappear, ensnare, hotwire, kidnap, pluck, poach, seize, shanghai, skyjack, snaffle, snatch, steal, terrorize, threaten, waylay (≠ -abandon, -bypass, cede, chauffeur, defend, deliver, forfeit, guard, leave, protect, release, relinquish, render, rescue, restore, return, supply, surrender)
HINDER (←): anticipate, baffle, -balk, bar, block, bottleneck, brake, bung, burden, catch, check, choke, clog, complicate, congest, constipate, constrain, counter, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, dam, dampen, daunt, delay, demotivate, depress, detain, -deter, disadvantage, discourage, dishearten, disincline, dissuade, drag, encumber, entangle, entrap, fetter, foil, forestall, foul, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hogtie, impair, impede, inhibit, interrupt, jam, kneecap, lumber, mire, monkey-wrench, obstruct, oppose, paralyze, pause, plug, preempt, -prevent, -prohibit, resist, restrain, restrict, retard, shelve, short-circuit, snag, snarl, stagnate, stay, stem, stifle, stop, straightjacket, 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, inspire, legalize, liberate, loosen, lubricate, march, mend, midwife, oblige, open, prioritize, prod, promote, prompt, propel, quicken, release, relieve, remedy, rush, slacken, smooth, speed, steady, stimulate, stir, stoke, strengthen, support, transcend, unclog, uncomplicate, unleash, unlock, untangle, untie, urge)
HIRE (←): book, charter, commission, contract, engage, lease, let, obtain, occupy, order, rent, reserve, sublease, sublet, utilize (≠ bogart, -cancel, -decline, drop, -eschew, forget, postpone, -reject, scrap)
HIRE (←): advance, appoint, apprentice, assume, audition, authorize, contract, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, headhunt, interview, partner, pay, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, promote, recruit, retain, scout, secure, select, sign, subcontract, upgrade (≠ axe, ban, blackball, blacklist, boot, can, discharge, dismiss, fire, furlough, jettison, pink-slip, -refuse, -reject, sack, stiff, terminate, -veto)
HIT (→): backhand, bang, bash, bat, batter, bean, beat, belt, biff, blast, blitz, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, brain, buffet, bump, bung, bunt, bust, butt, cane, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, club, concuss, conk, crack, cream, cudgel, cuff, dab, deck, ding, drub, fell, flail, flick, flog, floor, hammer, hook, jab, jostle, kick, knee, knock, lace, lambaste, lash, level, lick, mangle, maul, nail, paste, pelt, pepper, poke, pommel, pop, pound, prod, pummel, punch, push, rabbit-punch, rap, rough, sap, scuff, shove, skull, slam, slap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, slug, smack, smite, sock, spear, stab, stamp, stone, strike, stroke, sucker-punch, swat, swipe, switch, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whale, whip, zap (≠ armor, block, build, defend, deflect, -disregard, dissuade, -dodge, -duck, forget, guard, help, leave, lose, miss, -neglect, offer, protect, repel, secure, shelter, shield, skirt, tap, unite)
HIT (→): bang, buffet, bump, butt, clip, crash, damage, harm, jostle, knock, meet, rap, scrape, sideswipe, smash, tap, thump (≠ -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -evade, miss, -sidestep, skip, skirt)
HIT (→): accomplish, achieve, actualize, affect, attain, claim, complete, consummate, crest, execute, finalize, finish, gain, hack, influence, manage, overwhelm, reach, score, secure, strike, touch (≠ -abandon, botch, bugger, bungle, forfeit, -forsake, fumble, half-ass, leave, lose, miss, -neglect, -nullify, relinquish, -renounce, sacrifice, skimp, start, stop, undershoot)
HITCH (+): affix, anchor, articulate, attach, bind, cement, chain, cinch, clamp, coalesce, combine, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, cord, couple, dovetail, fasten, fix, fuse, harness, hogtie, hook, hybridize, integrate, interconnect, interlink, interlock, join, lash, link, lodge, moor, secure, strap, string, tether, tie, unite, weld, wire, yoke (≠ break, cleave, cut, detach, disconnect, disengage, divide, extract, free, loose, part, pry, pull, release, rupture, separate, sever, split, sunder, unchain, uncouple, unfasten, unhitch, unlink, unlock, unyoke, wrest, yank)
HOARD (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, archive, assemble, bank, budget, bury, buy, cache, coffer, collect, compile, conceal, concentrate, conserve, deposit, embalm, ensconce, garner, gather, glean, heap, hide, hold, husband, import, keep, pickle, pile, preserve, procure, recycle, reserve, retain, salt, salvage, save, scavenge, scrimp, secrete, squirrel, stack, stash, stock, stockpile, store, stow, treasure, tuck, warehouse, withhold (≠ bequeath, blow, cannibalize, consume, deplete, diffuse, discard, dispel, disperse, dissipate, -ditch, dump, exhaust, fritter, impoverish, jettison, lavish, lose, misspend, offload, relinquish, scatter, share, spend, squander, surrender, unload, use, waste)
HOAX (←): bamboozle, bluff, buffalo, bullshit, cheat, con, convince, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, double-cross, double-talk, dupe, embellish, embroider, entrap, fake, falsify, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, fool, forge, frame, goldbrick, gull, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswoggle, josh, kid, manipulate, mislead, outwit, persuade, play, pretend, rook, scam, snooker, snow, stiff, sting, sucker, sway, swindle, trap, trick, victimize (≠ accuse, admit, aid, assist, assume, assure, believe, confess, confirm, confront, contribute, debunk, divulge, esteem, expose, fail, fund, give, help, honor, lose, offer, punish, refund, -refuse, repay, replace, reveal, support, trust, uncover)
HOBBLE (←): abuse, arrest, baffle, -balk, barricade, bind, block, blockade, bog, boobytrap, brake, castrate, chain, check, checkmate, choke, clog, confine, constrain, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, damage, debilitate, delay, derail, destroy, disable, disqualify, disrupt, doom, emasculate, embarrass, encumber, fasten, fetter, foil, -frustrate, halter, hampe
r, hamstring, handcuff, handicap, hem, hinder, hogtie, hold, immobilize, impair, impede, incapacitate, inhibit, injure, kneecap, lame, leash, maim, manacle, mire, monkey-wrench, mutilate, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, paralyze, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, retain, retard, roadblock, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, shrivel, smother, spoil, stifle, straightjacket, strangle, stump, stymie, subvert, suffocate, suppress, tether, -thwart, tie, trammel, undercut, undermine, unman, weaken, wither, wizen, worsen, wound (≠ accelerate, advance, aid, assist, boost, catalyze, clear, compel, disencumber, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate, fast-track, free, fuel, further, grease, hasten, heal, help, improve, liberate, loosen, lubricate, mend, midwife, oblige, open, prioritize, promote, quicken, release, remedy, rush, smooth, speed, steady, stimulate, strengthen, transcend, unclog, unleash, unstop, untangle, untie, urge)
HOCK (→): bond, borrow, deposit, flog, guarantee, hazard, monetize, mortgage, offload, pawn, peddle, pledge, sell, stake, trade (≠ buy, collect, lend, loan, ransom, reclaim, recoup, recover, redeem, refund, reimburse, repay, repurchase)
HOG (←): absorb, accumulate, amass, appropriate, bogart, command, consume, control, copyright, corner, dominate, employ, engross, -exclude, hoard, hold, keep, manage, monopolize, own, patent, pile, possess, restrain, stash, stock, stockpile, store, stow, syndicate, use, utilize, withhold (≠ allocate, allot, bestow, circulate, comp, discard, dispense, disseminate, distribute, divide, donate, dump, give, lose, offer, share, spare, split, squander, supply, tender, tithe, volunteer, waste)
HOIST (←): ascend, boost, crane, elevate, erect, escalate, exalt, heave, heft, heighten, hike, jack, levitate, lift, mount, raise, rear, up, uphold, uplift, upraise, winch (≠ -abandon, depress, descend, dip, drop, lower, offload, pitch, plonk, plunge, press, push, sink, submerge)
HOLD (←): bag, bear, bind, bottle, capture, carry, catch, check, cherish, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, collar, command, confine, conserve, control, corner, corral, cradle, cuddle, cup, detain, direct, embrace, enjoy, exert, feel, finger, fondle, freeze, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, handle, hang, hook, hug, keep, land, lock, maintain, manage, nab, nail, nourish, occupy, own, palm, paw, pickle, possess, preserve, press, protect, reserve, restrain, retain, rule, save, secure, seize, shoulder, smuggle, snag, snare, snatch, squeeze, squoosh, stick, subsume, support, take, trap, treasure, unsheathe, wield, withhold, wring (≠ -abandon, beam, bequeath, cede, comp, contribute, -decline, deliver, discard, discharge, donate, drop, dump, eject, entrust, give, hand, loose, lose, offload, plonk, -reject, release, relinquish, render, -repudiate, -spurn, surrender, tender, tithe, transfer, transmit, unclasp, unhand, yield)
HOLD (←): arrest, block, bottle, bridle, cage, check, checkmate, choke, collar, constrain, contain, control, curb, gag, govern, hamper, handcuff, hinder, housebreak, housetrain, impede, inhibit, interrupt, keep, leash, measure, mince, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, pace, pocket, regulate, rein, repress, restrain, rule, silence, sink, smother, snaffle, squelch, stifle, stop, straightjacket, strangle, suppress, swallow, tame, throttle (≠ air, announce, articulate, embody, exhibit, express, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, manifest, slacken, testify, unleash, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice)
HOLD (←): accommodate, bear, boast, carry, case, contain, encase, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, envelop, fit, harbor, holster, house, imprison, lodge, seat, sheathe, shelter, sport, take, warehouse, wrap (≠ ban, banish, bar, chuck, disgorge, dislodge, eject, eradicate, estrange, evict, exorcise, expel, extricate, -forbid, jettison, relegate, remove, require, spew)
HOLD (←): absorb, arrest, captivate, catch, charm, clutch, cradle, cup, dazzle, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, endear, engage, engross, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fill, hypnotize, intoxicate, maintain, mesmerize, monopolize, mystify, obsess, occupy, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind, thrill, transfix, wow (≠ affront, annoy, bore, bug, disgust, enrage, harass, heckle, irritate, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, release, repel, revolt, vex, worry) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
HOLD (+): aid, assist, augment, bear, bolster, brace, budget, buoy, buttress, carry, conserve, cushion, defend, fortify, foster, guard, help, lock, maintain, nourish, nurture, prop, protect, reinforce, safeguard, secure, shore, shoulder, stabilize, stay, steady, strengthen, supplement, support, sustain, take, truss, undergird, underpin, uphold (≠ attack, boobytrap, compromise, convulse, corrode, crumble, damage, destabilize, disrupt, dissolve, endanger, erode, half-ass, hamstring, harm, impede, injure, monkey-wrench, rock, sabotage, scotch, scupper, shake, shiver, subvert, threaten, topple, undermine, unhorse, unseat, upset, weaken)
HOLD (+): accept, account, adjudge, assume, await, believe, call, conceive, conclude, consider, consult, count, deduce, detect, determine, esteem, fancy, feel, figure, guess, imagine, infer, judge, perceive, premise, presume, presuppose, rate, reckon, regard, sense, suppose, surmise, think, trust, view (≠ counter, cross-examine, debunk, disbelieve, discredit, distrust, doubt, grill, interrogate, interview, mistrust, question, -reject, scruple, suspect, undermine, wonder) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
HOLD (+): amass, assemble, call, celebrate, collect, compile, conduct, continue, convene, convoke, corral, gather, glean, group, herd, host, muster, officiate, organize, rally, run, schedule, solemnize, summon, supervise, synchronize, time (≠ attend, -cancel, diffuse, disband, disperse, dissolve, miss, -overlook, scatter, skip, terminate)
HOLD (/): arrest, bind, book, cage, capture, chain, check, closet, commit, confine, contain, convict, curb, detain, dungeon, enclose, enslave, fetter, -halt, hamper, handcuff, harbor, hinder, hogtie, ice, immure, impede, impound, imprison, incarcerate, institutionalize, intern, jail, keep, lock, manacle, nab, obstruct, pen, pinion, possess, remand, restrain, restrict, retain, sentence, shackle, snaffle, stockade, stop, straightjacket, tie, trap, wrap (≠ accuse, acquit, alibi, bail, convict, exonerate, free, judge, liberate, ransom, release, sentence, spring, uncage, vindicate)
HOLLOW (/): channel, chase, corrugate, dent, dig, disembowel, dish, -ditch, empty, eviscerate, excavate, furrow, gorge, gouge, groove, indent, notch, pit, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench (≠ add, augment, bury, cram, ensconce, fill, jam, overstuff, pack, raise, replenish, stash, store, stuff, tuck, wedge)
HONEY (←): adulate, alleviate, appease, applaud, assuage, blandish, blarney, butter, cajole, candy, candy-coat, coax, commend, compliment, congratulate, court, cushion, dulcify, ease, endear, eulogize, extol, felicitate, flannel, flatter, glad-hand, gold-star, gratify, harmonize, hero-worship, idolize, ingratiate, laud, massage, mellow, mitigate, mollify, overpraise, pacify, palaver, placate, praise, propitiate, puff, relieve, romance, schmooze, soften, soft-soap, soothe, stroke, sugar, sugarcoat, sweeten, sweet-talk, syrup, temper, wheedle, win, woo, worship (≠ annoy, badmouth, belittle, blast, blister, boo, decry, depreciate, disparage, displease, disrupt, embitter, enrage, harden, heckle, infuriate, insult, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, outrage, salt, sour, trouble, vex, worry)
HONOR (+): acclaim, acknowledge, admire, adore, aggrandize, applaud, appreciate, award, celebrate, cheer, cite, commemorate, commend, compliment, congratulate, credit, decorate, dignify, discharge, distinguish, elevate, enshrine, erect, esteem, exalt, execute, extol, fête, fulfill, glorify, gold-star, gratify, hail, hallow, high-five, keep, laud, lionize, magnify, memorialize, mourn, observe, ordain, perform, praise, prize, recognize, remember, respect, revere, reward, ritualize, salute, sanctify, thank, toast, tout, treasure, value, venerate, worship (≠ attaint, badmouth, belittle, betray, blackguard, blame, blast, boo, censure, cheat, condemn, damn, deceive, deface, defame, demean, demonize, denounce, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, double-talk, humble, humiliate, incriminate, injure, insult, libel, malign, mock, neg, pillory, regret, repent, reproach, ridicule, rue, shame, slander, -slight, stiff)
HOOK (←): bag, beguile, capture, catch, cinch, clasp, clinch, crook, curve, engage, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fasten, fix, glom, grab, lasso, net, pin, rope, secure
, snag, snare, strike, trap, trick (≠ boot, cleave, dismiss, divide, drop, -escape, estrange, free, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, miss, -overlook, release, repel, separate, sever, split, sunder, unfasten, unhitch, unhook, unlock)
HORRIFY (/): affright, alarm, amaze, appall, astound, awe, blackmail, brutalize, chill, consternate, daunt, demoralize, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, disgust, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, emasculate, floor, frighten, indispose, intimidate, jolt, nauseate, offend, outrage, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, revolt, savage, scandalize, scare, shake, shock, sicken, spook, startle, terrify, terrorize, undo, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, worry (≠ amuse, assure, baby, buffer, calm, charm, cheer, coddle, comfort, console, defend, delight, embolden, encourage, entertain, flatter, gladden, heal, hearten, help, humor, indulge, inspire, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurture, pacify, placate, please, protect, reassure, soothe, steel, thrill, toughen)
HOST (+): accommodate, admit, attend, befriend, board, cherish, compère, emcee, entertain, feast, feed, foster, gather, give, harbor, house, include, introduce, invite, join, lodge, meet, nourish, nurture, present, provide, quarter, receive, regale, room, treat, welcome (≠ ban, banish, bar, -cold-shoulder, cordon, disinvite, -exclude, frequent, jettison, -ostracize, oust, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, repel, -shun, -snub, -spurn, visit, withhold)