by Damon Suede
NAIL (→): apprehend, arrest, attach, capture, catch, clinch, corner, fasten, fix, grab, hammer, join, pin, secure, seize, snaffle, snatch, tack, trap (≠ acquit, camouflage, conceal, confuse, -disregard, drop, free, liberate, lose, miss, release, vindicate)
NAME (→): address, baptize, brand, call, characterize, christen, classify, define, denote, designate, distinguish, dub, entitle, identify, label, mistitle, nickname, nominate, package, specify, stigmatize, style, tag, term, ticket, title (≠ anonymize, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, confuse, costume, counterfeit, delete, disguise, -disregard, erase, hide, -ignore, mislabel, miss, muddle, -neglect, skip)
NAME (←): accept, adopt, appoint, cherry-pick, choose, consign, cull, designate, elect, embrace, espouse, fix, handpick, mark, nominate, pick, prefer, preselect, select, set, tab, tag, take, tap (≠ -abandon, -decline, discard, dismiss, erase, jettison, -negate, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, shed, -spurn, toss)
NAME (←): announce, anoint, appoint, assign, authorize, charge, choose, cite, classify, commission, connote, consecrate, create, crown, declare, delegate, denote, deputize, designate, draft, elect, enthrone, entrust, finger, handpick, identify, inaugurate, index, induct, install, instance, instate, institute, invest, list, make, mark, mention, nominate, ordain, peg, pick, recognize, refer, remark, select, signify, slot, specify, suggest, tab, tag, tap, task, throne (≠ accuse, banish, bench, blackball, blame, demote, depose, dethrone, discharge, dismiss, displace, eject, evict, expel, fault, fire, frame, oust, -overlook, overthrow, remove, ruin, shame, sideline, topple, uncrown, unmake, unseat)
NAUSEATE (/): afflict, affront, agitate, appall, discomfit, discompose, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, horrify, indispose, infect, inflict, insult, offend, outrage, pain, rattle, repel, repulse, revolt, sadden, scandalize, shake, shock, sicken, terrorize, traumatize, trigger, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, upset, weary, wound (≠ allure, attract, bed, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, comfort, console, delight, disarm, draw, entertain, entice, entrance, fascinate, gratify, heal, intrigue, lure, please, pull, restore, seduce, settle, steady, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle, woo, wow) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
NAVIGATE (→): captain, chart, command, conduct, control, cover, crisscross, cross, direct, drive, escort, execute, follow, ford, govern, guide, handle, harness, head, helm, hike, influence, lead, manage, maneuver, manipulate, monitor, negotiate, operate, order, oversee, pace, pass, perambulate, pilot, plan, plot, quarterback, ride, roam, run, sail, shepherd, skipper, spearhead, steer, superintend, supervise, track, transit, travel, traverse, tread, usher, wander (≠ -abandon, -avoid, crash, cripple, -desert, -disregard, -eschew, -evade, fail, flub, foil, follow, forget, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, heed, hinder, -ignore, maroon, mind, miscalculate, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, misrule, miss, mistake, monkey-wrench, muddle, -neglect, obey, obstruct, -omit, -overlook, pursue, puzzle, quit, -refuse, relinquish, ride, sabotage, serve, sideswipe, skip, smash, subvert, target, wreck)
NEATEN (+): arrange, barber, brush, clean, clear, clip, dandify, declutter, edge, groom, gussy, iron, launder, maintain, manicure, order, organize, police, pomade, preen, primp, rectify, right, sleek, slick, smarten, sort, spiff, spruce, square, straighten, tauten, tidy, titivate, trim, uncrumple, wash (≠ bedraggle, clutter, crumple, diffuse, dirty, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, draggle, jumble, muss, scatter, scramble, shuffle, smudge, soil, trash, untidy, wreck, wrinkle)
NEEDLE (→): aggravate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, bug, chafe, chaff, discompose, disturb, earbash, enrage, envenom, exacerbate, examine, exasperate, fret, gnaw, goad, grill, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, henpeck, inflame, infuriate, interrogate, irk, irritate, jeer, mock, nag, nettle, niggle, nitpick, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, poke, prick, prod, provoke, question, quiz, rankle, retort, ride, ridicule, rile, roast, ruffle, spur, sting, taunt, tease, torment, troll, trouble, tweak, upset, vex, worry, wound (≠ aid, appease, assist, assuage, calm, charm, comfort, defend, delight, discourage, dissuade, guard, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, praise, rescue, respect, sedate, shield, soothe, woo)
-NEGATE (/): abnegate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, -cancel, check, confute, contradict, counterbalance, countermand, countervail, deep-six, delete, -deny, destroy, disavow, disclaim, discredit, dismiss, disprove, dissolve, divorce, doom, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expense, extinguish, gainsay, invalidate, invert, neutralize, -nullify, obliterate, offset, oppose, oppugn, -prohibit, quash, refute, -reject, -renounce, repeal, -repudiate, -rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scotch, stultify, undo, -veto, -void, withdraw (≠ adopt, advance, affirm, approve, assert, avow, back, confirm, corroborate, enact, insist, institute, maintain, mandate, order, pledge, profess, promote, sanction, substantiate, support, survive, sustain, warrant, weather)
-NEGLECT (→): -abandon, -avoid, -blank, -bypass, confound, confuse, deceive, -desert, -discount, -disdain, disguise, dismiss, disobey, -disregard, disrespect, erase, excuse, fail, fake, forget, -forsake, fudge, half-ass, -ignore, infringe, leave, miss, mistake, -omit, overestimate, -overlook, pass, pooh-pooh, -rebuff, -reject, scant, -scorn, -shirk, skip, -slight, slur, -snub, -spurn, subvert, underestimate (≠ admire, appreciate, attend, bemoan, cherish, clock, concern, cultivate, follow, foster, guard, heed, indulge, infantilize, keep, lament, mark, mind, mourn, note, notice, nurse, nurture, observe, overindulge, pamper, patrol, prize, protect, regard, remark, remember, respect, tend, treasure, value, watch, worship)
-NEGLECT (/): -bypass, defer, detour, discard, dismiss, -disregard, elide, -evade, fail, famish, forget, leapfrog, malnourish, miss, -omit, -overlook, postpone, scant, -shirk, skimp, skip, starve, stint, suspend, underfeed, withhold (≠ accomplish, achieve, brave, complete, confront, discharge, execute, face, feed, finish, force-feed, fuel, fulfill, furnish, maintain, meet, mind, overfeed, perform, practice, regret, remember, satisfy, stomach, supply, tend, victual)
NEGOTIATE (→): bestride, bridge, clear, crisscross, cross, ford, guide, hurdle, leapfrog, maneuver, navigate, pace, pass, perambulate, plan, plot, range, roam, span, straddle, surmount, transit, travel, traverse, tread, vault, wander (≠ -avoid, -bypass, circumnavigate, -circumvent, destroy, -dodge, -duck, -eschew, -evade, -ignore, miss, -shun, -sidestep, skip, skirt)
NEGOTIATE (→): accommodate, accost, address, adjust, brave, buttonhole, challenge, charm, command, concede, concert, confront, consider, consult, contract, control, deal, debate, direct, discuss, engineer, face, field, finesse, gauge, grapple, guide, hack, handle, jockey, judge, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mediate, micromanage, moderate, pacify, play, pull, referee, regulate, request, resolve, review, run, steer, stipulate, swing, take, treat (≠ bobble, botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, louse, mishandle, mismanage, muff, ruin, scotch, wreck)
NEGOTIATE (→): arrange, brew, captain, chart, command, compose, conclude, concoct, conduct, contrive, direct, engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, gerrymander, handle, hatch, lobby, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, outsmart, outthink, outwit, plot, quarterback, run, wangle (≠ blow, bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, crash, disorganize, flub, fumble, gum, mangle, mishandle, muff, screw, wreck)
NEGOTIATE (→): accomplish, ace, achieve, actualize, attain, claim, commit, compass, complete, conclude, effect, effectuate, end, execute, finish, fulfill, implement, make, nail, perform, perpetrate, practice, prosecute, realize, reenact, repeat, succeed (≠ attempt, bobble, botch, bungle, drop, fail, flunk, fumble, lose, miss, skimp, -slight, slur, try, undershoot, venture)
NEGOTIATE (←): adjudicate, appraise, arbitrate, argue, arrange, assess, bandy, barter, broker, buy, challenge, charm, commodify, compare, concert, conclude, confront, connect, contract, covenant, deal, debate, discuss, estimate, evaluate, exchange, fight, gauge, handle, hassle, hawk, horse-trade, import, judge, leverage, lower, manipulate, mediate, moderate, offer, peddle, presell, price, purchase, raise, renegotiate, request, resolve, ris
k, sell, settle, stipulate, substitute, swap, switch, talk, trade, traffic, transact, truck, umpire, valuate, weigh, wrangle (≠ -abandon, -avoid, bill, charge, demand, exact, foist, force, impose, insult, invoice, levy, mishandle, mock, -prevent, -refuse, -shun, withhold)
NET (←): accumulate, acquire, add, amass, annex, assume, bag, buy, capture, catch, claim, collar, collect, corner, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fetch, garner, get, harvest, heap, hook, incur, land, lasso, lure, nab, obtain, palm, pocket, procure, purchase, reap, receive, recoup, recover, redeem, rescue, retrieve, rope, salvage, score, secure, snare, source, take, trap, win, wrangle (≠ detach, discharge, disengage, disentangle, drop, emancipate, -exclude, extricate, free, give, hunt, liberate, loosen, lose, miss, -omit, receive, release, seek, slacken, spring, unfasten, unhand, untangle)
NET (←): accumulate, aggregate, clear, collect, draw, earn, gain, get, make, obtain, pocket, produce, pull, realize, reap, receive, scavenge, source, take, total (≠ bequeath, bestow, borrow, charge, disburse, expense, forfeit, give, grant, gross, loan, lose, outlay, pay, relinquish, spend, squander, stiff, surrender, waste, yield)
NETTLE (/): affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, badger, bait, bother, bug, bullyrag, burn, chafe, chagrin, craze, devil, discomfort, discompose, disgust, disquiet, distress, disturb, earbash, eat, enrage, exasperate, exercise, freak, fret, frost, frustrate, gall, goad, grate, hagride, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, incense, inflame, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, itch peeve, madden, miff, nag, needle, niggle, nitpick, offend, outrage, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, spite, stew, sting, tease, torment, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex, worry (≠ allay, amuse, appease, assure, baby, calm, cheer, coddle, comfort, conciliate, console, content, delight, entertain, gladden, gratify, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, propitiate, quiet, reassure, satisfy, settle, solace, soothe, steady, thrill)
NEUTER (/): alter, caponize, castrate, deball, desex, doctor, dress, emasculate, excise, extract, fix, geld, mutilate, remove, spay, sterilize, unman, unsex (≠ arouse, boost, buoy, charge, fertilize, heal, invigorate, keep, renew, replace, restore, retain, stimulate)
NEUTRALIZE (/): abrogate, annul, balance, -cancel, center, checkmate, compose, conquer, correct, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, defeat, disqualify, erase, expense, -frustrate, ground, incapacitate, invalidate, minimize, -negate, negative, neuter, normalize, -nullify, offset, outbalance, outweigh, overcome, override, overrule, realign, redeem, redress, relieve, remedy, right, stultify, subdue, undo (≠ accent, accentuate, aggravate, amplify, animate, assert, corroborate, deepen, emphasize, exacerbate, exaggerate, increase, inspire, intensify, maximize, overdramatize, punctuate, raise, reinvigorate, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, stimulate, strengthen)
NICK (←): apprehend, arrest, bag, bind, bust, capture, catch, collar, commit, confine, convict, detain, enchain, fetter, get, grab, grapple, handcuff, hold, hook, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, land, manacle, nab, nail, pinch, remand, restrain, seize, shackle, snaffle, snare, snatch, stop, trammel, trap (≠ acquit, bail, discharge, eject, emancipate, -escape, expel, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, spring, unbind, unchain, uncuff)
NICK (←): abduct, acquire, appropriate, bogart, boost, burglarize, burgle, collar, filch, grab, grasp, heist, hook, kidnap, lift, loot, misappropriate, mooch, nail, nip, nobble, obtain, pick, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pluck, plunder, poach, pocket, procure, purloin, remove, rifle, rob, rustle, sack, seize, shanghai, shoplift, snaffle, snag, snatch, sneak, snitch, spirit, sponge, steal, swipe, take, thieve (≠ bestow, buy, comp, contribute, donate, -forsake, give, guard, hand, leave, present, protect, purchase, recover, restore, return, safeguard, secure)
NICK (/): abrade, blemish, blot, chip, crosshatch, cut, damage, deface, deform, dent, disfigure, distort, dot, efface, flaw, fleck, fracture, gash, hack, hurt, indent, kink, knock, mar, mark, nock, notch, pockmark, scar, score, scrape, scratch, scuff, slit, snick, splotch, spoil, spot, taint, tarnish, wound (≠ beautify, block, burnish, cover, fix, fortify, heal, mend, patch, perfect, polish, rectify, reinforce, remedy, repair, shield, shine, smooth)
NIP (/): bite, catch, clasp, clip, clutch, compress, crimp, dock, grasp, grip, hold, lop, munch, nibble, pinch, snag, snap, snip, squeeze, take, tweak (≠ drop, eject, expel, free, loose, loosen, maim, mutilate, numb, release, savage, sedate, spit, spring, swallow)
NIP (/): bob, clip, crop, curtail, cut, dock, lop, manicure, mow, pare, pinch, poll, prune, shave, shear, shorten, skive, snip, stump, trim, whittle (≠ augment, cultivate, elongate, expand, extend, grow, lengthen, nurture, preserve, stretch, unspool)
NOMINATE (→): anoint, appoint, assign, attach, authorize, broker, cherry-pick, choose, commission, consign, constitute, crown, delegate, deputize, designate, detail, draft, elect, elevate, enthrone, finger, handpick, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, license, name, ordain, pick, place, postulate, present, propose, propound, recommend, select, spitball, submit, suggest, task (≠ accuse, bar, blackball, blacklist, blame, -boycott, condemn, depose, dethrone, discharge, dismiss, displace, eject, evict, -exclude, expel, fire, oppose, -ostracize, oust, -overlook, overthrow, picket, -prohibit, protest, -reject, remove, -repudiate, shame, -shun, -spurn, -thwart uncrown, unmake, unseat)
NORMALIZE (+): accredit, adapt, adjust, align, average, calibrate, certify, clear, codify, compose, control, coordinate, depersonalize, equalize, even, formalize, govern, harmonize, homogenize, institute, integrate, manage, marshal, mend, methodize, neutralize, order, organize, pace, rebuild, reconcile, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, redeem, reform, regiment, regularize, regulate, rehab, rehabilitate, reinstate, reintegrate, renew, restore, rule, save, square, stabilize, standardize, straighten, structure, synthesize, systematize, systemize, tune (≠ adapt, alter, change, contrast, criticize, customize, differentiate, disparage, disprove, distinguish, individualize, juxtapose, malign, mismatch, -negate, personalize, rattle, rebut, roil, separate, tailor, vilify)
NOTCH (/): abrade, blemish, blot, chip, chisel, cleave, crimp, crosshatch, cut, damage, deface, deform, dent, disfigure, distort, efface, flaw, fleck, fracture, gash, gouge, groove, hack, hurt, incise, indent, kink, knock, mar, mark, mill, nick, nock, pockmark, scallop, scar, score, scrape, scratch, scuff, serrate, slit, snick, spoil, tally, wound (≠ augment, beautify, block, burnish, cover, erase, even, fill, fix, flatten, fortify, heal, mend, patch, perfect, plaster, plug, polish, rectify, reinforce, remedy, repair, shield, shine, smooth)
NOTIFY (→): acquaint, admonish, advise, advocate, air, alert, announce, apprise, assert, beckon, blazon, brief, broadcast, bulletin, cable, caution, circulate, clue, communicate, concede, confer, confess, confide, confirm, consult, convey, counsel, cue, debrief, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, email, enlighten, evince, express, flag, guide, herald, hint, hype, illuminate, impart, inform, instruct, mention, message, motion, note, nudge, plug, post, presell, proclaim, prompt, promulgate, publicize, publish, radio, recommend, report, reveal, school, signal, spread, state, suggest, talk, teach, telegraph, telephone, tell, text, verbalize, vocalize, warn, wire, write (≠ addle, baffle, blind, bury, cloak, cloud, collect, conceal, confuse, cover, deceive, disguise, double-talk, encrypt, ensconce, gather, glean, hide, hush, keep, mislead, obscure, perplex, puzzle, screen, secrete, suppress, veil, withhold) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
NOURISH (+): abet, advance, advertise, advocate, aid, assist, back, boost, champion, cherish, comfort, cultivate, encourage, endorse, endow, finance, force-feed, forward, foster, fund, further, help, incubate, maintain, nurse, nurture, overfeed, patronize, plug, prioritize, promote, publicize, rear, stake, stimulate, stoke, strengthen, subsidize, support, tend, tout, underwrite, uphold (≠ arrest, ban, bar, check, defund, -desert, discourage, encumber, -forbid, -forsake, -frustrate, -halt, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, -neglect, obstruct, outlaw, -prevent,
-prohibit, proscribe, repress, retard, snuff, squash, squelch, starve, stifle, subdue, suppress, -thwart, withhold)
NOURISH (+): accord, attend, board, cater, cloy, contribute, disburse, dispense, entertain, feed, fill, fortify, fuel, furnish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, strengthen, suckle, supply, surfeit, sustain, victual, wean (≠ -abandon, curb, -deny, deprive, famish, -forsake, hoard, malnourish, scant, sicken, skimp, skip, starve, stint, underfeed, withdraw, withhold)
NUDGE (→): alert, beckon, bump, buzz, contact, crowd, cue, dig, egg, elbow, encourage, entice, exhort, flag, force, frogmarch, goad, guide, hasten, hustle, impel, incite, induce, inspire, instigate, jab, jog, jostle, knock, march, motivate, move, notify, poke, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, remind, shoulder, shove, shunt, signal, stimulate, tap, touch, trigger, urge (≠ backhand, ban, bang, bash, beat, cripple, deflect, delay, demotivate, -deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade, -forbid, -ignore, inhibit, miss, pause, postpone, -prohibit, punch, ram, restrain, restrict, shelve, short-circuit, smack, smash, stall, stem, stop, thwack, -thwart, wallop, warn)