Activate

by Damon Suede

  PRODUCE (→): advance, assemble, bear, beget, begin, brainstorm, breed, bring, build, catalyze, compose, construct, craft, create, cultivate, decide, deliver, determine, develop, effect, effectuate, enact, encourage, engender, establish, evoke, fabricate, fashion, father, forward, foster, found, further, generate, gestate, greenlight, grow, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, invent, invoke, launch, make, manufacture, nourish, nurture, originate, patent, pioneer, prepare, promote, prompt, provoke, ready, render, sculpt, set, sire, spawn, start, whelp, work, yield (≠ abolish, arrest, check, control, crush, curb, dampen, demolish, destroy, doom, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, -forbid, impede, inhibit, limit, liquidate, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, scotch, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress)

  PRODUCE (→): advance, advertise, air, announce, bare, blaze, brandish, bring, broadcast, concede, confess, confide, confirm, demonstrate, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, flourish, forward, furnish, give, herald, offer, parade, placard, post, present, proclaim, proffer, provide, publicize, reveal, show, showcase, sound, sport, supply, telegraph, trumpet, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unsheathe, unveil, wave (≠ camouflage, cloak, cloud, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, holster, mask, obscure, occlude, occult, sheathe, shroud, veil)

  PRODUCE (+): assemble, brainstorm, brew, build, coin, conceive, concoct, construct, contrive, cook, craft, create, design, devise, envisage, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, frame, generate, handcraft, hatch, hew, imagine, improvise, institute, integrate, invent, machine, make, manufacture, mint, mold, organize, originate, picture, prefabricate, raise, rear, refashion, remake, sculpt, sew, shape, sire, stitch, structure, unify, unite, visualize, weld (≠ atomize, break, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, explode, flatten, pulverize, raze, repair, restore, ruin, shatter, shred, smash, splinter, sunder, tatter, tear, topple, unsew, wreck)

  PRODUCE (+): arrange, assemble, bankroll, capitalize, carry, contribute, depict, direct, display, dramatize, enact, exhibit, expose, extend, finance, fund, furnish, give, greenlight, impersonate, make, manage, mount, offer, organize, parade, percolate, perform, play, portray, present, preview, proffer, render, represent, roleplay, show, showcase, stage, underwrite, unveil (≠ act, bury, close, conceal, defund, end, ensconce, finish, hide, kill, niche, obscure, -reject, shutter, terminate, withhold, write)

  PROFANE (/): abase, abuse, affront, bastardize, befoul, begrime, bestialize, blaspheme, blemish, blight, cheapen, contaminate, corrupt, curse, cuss, damage, damn, debase, debauch, deconsecrate, deface, defame, defile, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, desacralize, desanctify, desecrate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, dilute, dirty, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, downgrade, efface, flame, flaw, foul, harm, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, insult, lessen, mar, misapply, misemploy, misuse, mock, muddy, offend, outrage, pervert, pimp, poison, pollute, prostitute, ransack, ravage, revile, ruin, -scorn, shame, soil, spoil, stain, subvert, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, trash, twist, violate, vitiate, warp, weaken, whore, wreck, wrong (≠ ameliorate, amend, better, bless, clean, cleanse, consecrate, decontaminate, dedicate, devote, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, exalt, fetishize, hallow, honor, improve, moralize, perfect, purify, rarefy, refine, respect, restore, revere, sanctify, treasure, uplift, venerate, worship)

  PROFILE (←): aggregate, amalgamate, analyze, anatomize, appraise, ascertain, assay, assess, assimilate, benchmark, calculate, clarify, classify, compare, compile, consider, construe, contrast, critique, decipher, decode, deduce, define, delineate, depict, determine, discern, dissect, divide, elucidate, estimate, evaluate, examine, expect, explain, explore, extract, extrapolate, gauge, generalize, glean, grok, illustrate, infer, inspect, integrate, interpret, investigate, judge, portray, postulate, predict, probe, process, project, rationalize, read, reckon, reconstruct, reduce, render, resolve, review, sample, scan, scope, scrutinize, search, separate, sift, solve, study, summarize, surmise, suss, synthesize, take, test, theorize, translate, understand, weigh (≠ assume, -bypass, confuse, -discount, -disregard, distort, forget, guess, -ignore, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, mislabel, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, mystify, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, perplex, presume, puzzle, scatter, -sidestep)

  PROFIT (→): advantage, aid, assist, award, benefit, bestow, better, bless, content, contribute, delight, deliver, earn, endow, fulfill, fund, furnish, gain, gladden, grant, gratify, gross, help, improve, net, offer, outbid, outlay, overpay, overspend, pay, please, provide, satisfy, serve, supply, support, sustain (≠ afflict, charge, cost, damage, defund, disadvantage, distress, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, impede, injure, lose, obstruct, ruin, squander, starve, steal, stiff, stint, upset, waste, withhold, worsen)

  PROGRAM (+): appoint, arrange, ask, assign, authorize, automate, book, budget, calculate, calendar, charge, code, coerce, command, commission, compel, compile, compute, conduct, constrain, control, design, direct, draft, edit, engage, engineer, enjoin, enter, estimate, feed, figure, force, formulate, hack, instruct, itemize, lead, list, manage, map, mechanize, oblige, order, overcommit, oversee, petition, plan, poll, prearrange, prioritize, process, regiment, register, reprogram, request, require, schedule, script, set, spearhead, superintend, supervise, synchronize, task, tell, time (≠ break, -cancel, counteract, crash, damage, derail, destroy, disorder, disorganize, disperse, execute, follow, forget, keep, mind, muddle, -neglect, obey, observe, overturn, rattle, scatter, scramble, spoil, -thwart, unsettle, -veto)

  -PROHIBIT (/): arrest, -balk, ban, banish, bar, barricade, blackball, block, blockade, -boycott, censor, check, checkmate, choke, clog, close, condemn, confound, confront, congest, cordon, criminalize, curb, curse, dam, damn, delay, delegitimize, -deter, disallow, discourage, disqualify, embargo, enjoin, -exclude, -forbid, freeze, -frustrate, gag, -halt, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, indict, inhibit, intercept, -negate, obstruct, occlude, -omit, oppose, -ostracize, oust, outlaw, picket, -preclude, preempt, -prevent, proscribe, protest, redact, restrain, restrict, scotch, seal, shelve, short-circuit, stall, stem, stonewall, stop, stopper, straightjacket, stump, stymie, suppress, taboo, tackle, -thwart, -veto, zing (≠ accept, accord, allow, approve, authorize, buy, command, direct, empower, enable, encourage, endorse, endure, facilitate, grant, grease, greenlight, help, import, include, incorporate, instigate, legalize, legitimize, nudge, order, permit, persuade, promote, push, ratify, recall, reinstate, reinvigorate, require, restore, revive, sanction, stimulate, stomach, support, sustain, tolerate, transact, unblock, uphold, urge, welcome)

  PROJECT (→): adumbrate, aim, anticipate, arrange, await, blueprint, budget, calculate, cast, chart, choreograph, conceive, concert, contemplate, contrive, delineate, design, destine, devise, diagram, draft, envisage, envision, estimate, expect, extrapolate, feature, figure, forecast, frame, gauge, graph, hallucinate, imagine, intend, intrigue, machinate, map, meditate, orchestrate, organize, outguess, outline, plan, plot, predetermine, predict, premeditate, prepare, propose, ready, reckon, scheme, script, shape, sketch, spitball, strategize, target, think, time, visualize (≠ accept, assume, believe, bemoan, credit, destroy, disbelieve, disorder, disorganize, -disregard, forget, guess, -ignore, lament, mourn, recall, regret, remember, sabotage, scotch, scupper, shelve, trust)

  PROJECT (→): bowl, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, compel, discharge, drive, fire, flick, fling, goad, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, pelt, pitch, precipitate, prod, propel, push, ram, shoot, shove, shunt, sling, throw, thrust, toss, transmit, wing (≠ block, catch, clasp, clutch, fasten, field, grasp, grip, hold, hook, keep, nail, receive, seize, snatch, take)

  PROJECT (→): absolve, account, accredit, acknowledge, acquit, apply, assign, associate, assume, attach, attribute, blame, brand, cast, charge, cite, conceive, conclude, condone, conjecture, connect, credit, deduce, detect, divine, educe, excuse, explain, extrapolate, fancy, forgive, genera
lize, guess, imagine, infer, intuit, judge, justify, link, mark, perceive, place, rationalize, recognize, refer, scapegoat, sense, surmise, suspect, theorize, universalize (≠ ascertain, contradict, contrast, couch, -deny, differentiate, discern, disconnect, distinguish, imply, individualize, prove, separate, sever, sunder) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  PROLONG (→): accent, accentuate, amplify, attenuate, delay, elongate, enlarge, expand, extend, hamper, hinder, increase, lengthen, maximize, obstruct, pause, postpone, protract, shelve, short-circuit, stall, stretch, sustain, thin (≠ abbreviate, abridge, accelerate, compress, curtail, -cut, decrease, diminish, fast-forward, grease, hasten, hurry, lessen, lubricate, minimize, reduce, shorten, speed)

  PROMISE (+): affirm, assert, assure, attest, avow, betroth, certify, claim, confirm, contend, contract, convince, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, depose, engage, ensure, espouse, forswear, guarantee, indicate, insist, insure, maintain, pledge, proclaim, profess, prove, ratify, reassure, safeguard, secure, state, stipulate, swear, testify, trust, validate, verify, vow, warrant (≠ believe, bluff, breach, break, bullshit, cheat, contradict, debate, deceive, denounce, -deny, disavow, discourage, discredit, disprove, dispute, distrust, double-talk, doubt, -ignore, invalidate, lose, mislead, mistrust, -prohibit, protest, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, scruple, stiff, suspect, trick) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  PROMOTE (→): acclaim, advertise, announce, bait, ballyhoo, broadcast, bulletin, champion, circulate, commercialize, disseminate, hustle, hype, laud, limelight, lure, mainstream, market, merchandize, monetize, overestimate, overstate, peddle, pimp, pitch, plug, popularize, praise, presell, promo, promulgate, propagandize, publicize, publish, puff, push, recommend, schmooze, sell, shill, spotlight, telegraph, tout (≠ attack, battle, conceal, condemn, criticize, critique, deride, discredit, disparage, hide, mock, ridicule, -scorn, slam, suppress)

  PROMOTE (+): abet, advance, advantage, advertise, advocate, aid, assist, back, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, champion, commend, condone, contribute, develop, encourage, endorse, energize, espouse, favor, forward, foster, further, help, improve, inspire, invigorate, kindle, motivate, nourish, nurture, patronize, prioritize, push, recommend, rubber-stamp, sanction, second, serve, spark, speed, sponsor, spur, stimulate, strengthen, subsidize, succor, support, uphold, urge (≠ belittle, bench, blackguard, checkmate, condemn, cramp, curb, demote, deride, disrespect, foil, -frustrate, hamstring, harm, hurt, impede, injure, monkey-wrench, muzzle, -prevent, protest, restrain, restrict, scotch, shame, -shun, sideline, slow, -spurn, straightjacket, stymie, -thwart)

  PROMOTE (+): advance, aggrandize, better, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, favor, graduate, honor, increase, magnify, prefer, raise, skip, up, upgrade (≠ bench, block, daunt, declass, degrade, demote, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, hamper, humble, impair, impede, inhibit, obstruct, shame, -thwart)

  PROMPT (→): activate, advise, aid, arouse, assist, beseech, blandish, bribe, buzz, cajole, coax, convince, cue, draw, drive, egg, encourage, evoke, exhort, fast-forward, foment, frogmarch, goad, hurry, hustle, ignite, impel, implore, importune, incite, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, kick-start, march, mention, midwife, motivate, nag, needle, nudge, persuade, prepossess, press, pressure, prick, prod, propel, provoke, push, refresh, remind, rush, seed, soft-soap, sow, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, suggest, trigger, urge, wheedle (≠ bind, brake, cage, check, constrain, curb, curtail, deactivate, demotivate, -deter, discourage, dissuade, freeze, -halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impair, impede, inhibit, leash, nobble, paralyze, pin, restrain, shackle, shelve, slow, soft-sell, stall, still, stop, straightjacket)

  PROMPT (+): advance, beget, begin, brainstorm, breed, bring, catalyze, create, cultivate, decide, determine, develop, effect, effectuate, enact, encourage, engender, establish, father, forward, foster, found, further, generate, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, invoke, launch, make, midwife, nourish, nurture, open, originate, pioneer, produce, promote, propose, render, set, sire, spawn, start, trigger, yield (≠ abolish, arrest, check, clamp, control, cramp, crush, curb, dampen, demolish, destroy, doom, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, hamstring, impede, inhibit, limit, liquidate, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, scotch, smother, squash, squelch, squench, stifle, subdue, suppress)

  PROP (+): bolster, brace, buoy, buttress, carry, embattle, fortify, harden, hold, maintain, rest, secure, set, shore, stand, stay, steady, steel, strengthen, strut, support, sustain, toughen, truss, underpin, underwrite, uphold (≠ afflict, capsize, cripple, damage, debilitate, drop, erode, harm, hobble, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, push, sabotage, scotch, scupper, shrivel, subvert, topple, undermine, unhorse, unseat, weaken, wither, wound)

  PROPAGATE (→): advertise, announce, broadcast, circulate, communicate, convey, diffuse, dispense, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, impart, proclaim, promote, promulgate, publicize, publish, report, scatter, sow, spread, transfer, transmit (≠ ban, bury, censor, cloak, collect, conceal, contain, enshroud, gather, -halt, hide, limit, mask, muffle, obscure, redact, restrict, secrete, shroud, silence, stifle, stop, veil)

  PROPAGATE (+): bear, beget, breed, cultivate, culture, engender, farm, father, generate, get, grow, hatch, increase, mother, multiply, parent, produce, proliferate, raise, ranch, rear, reproduce, sire, spawn, spread, whelp (≠ afflict, collect, decrease, deplete, destroy, diminish, doom, eradicate, erase, finish, gather, glean, harvest, hold, kill, lessen, poison, reduce, slaughter, stunt, weed)

  PROPEL (→): accelerate, actuate, bowl, brainstorm, budge, bulldoze, bump, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catalyze, catapult, chuck, compel, compress, disturb, drive, fire, flick, fling, force, frogmarch, fuel, funnel, goad, grease, hasten, heave, hurl, impel, incite, jam, jolt, launch, lob, manhandle, march, mobilize, move, muscle, nudge, paddle, pelt, pitch, poke, pole, power, precipitate, press, pressure, prod, project, prompt, pump, punt, push, railroad, ram, row, sail, send, shoot, shove, shunt, sling, spur, squash, squeeze, start, steamroller, stimulate, throw, thrust, toss, trigger, wheel, wing (≠ -avert, ban, bar, brake, cage, capture, catch, check, clasp, clutch, cripple, curb, deactivate, decelerate, -discontinue, disrupt, foil, freeze, grab, grasp, grip, hamper, hamstring, haul, hinder, hobble, hook, impede, inactivate, keep, monkey-wrench, nail, paralyze, postpone, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, pull, receive, sabotage, scotch, scupper, seize, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, slacken, stall, stop, subvert, -thwart, tow, yank)

  PROPHESY (+): alert, announce, anticipate, augur, call, caution, declare, divine, forebode, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, harbinger, herald, outguess, portend, predetermine, predict, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, promise, read, soothsay, warn (≠ ascertain, assure, bemoan, calculate, deduce, demonstrate, describe, determine, ensure, establish, guarantee, insure, lament, mourn, narrate, prove, recite, recount, regret, relate, report, settle, tell)

  PROPITIATE (←): amuse, appease, arbitrate, assuage, baby, blandish, brownnose, butter, cajole, calm, charm, cheer, coax, coddle, comfort, conciliate, console, content, cosset, court, delight, disarm, divert, dulcify, endear, entertain, flannel, flatter, gentle, gladden, glad-hand, gratify, help, humor, hush, indulge, infantilize, ingratiate, lull, mediate, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, mollycoddle, overprotect, pacify, pamper, placate, please, quiet, reconcile, referee, reunite, satisfy, schmooze, soften, soft-pedal, soothe, spoil, stroke, sugarcoat, sweeten, sweet-talk, tranquilize, wheedle, win, woo (≠ affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, burden, chafe, challenge, cross, discomfort, distress, disturb, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, harass, harry, heckle, hound, incense, inflame, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, lynch, madden, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, oppose, outrage, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, provoke, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, troll, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex, victimize, weary, worry, wound, wrong)

  PROPOSE (→): adduce, advance, advise, advocate, affirm, assert, bounc
e, broach, contend, counsel, file, introduce, invite, lodge, move, name, nominate, offer, pitch, place, plan, pose, prefer, present, press, proffer, proposition, propound, recommend, request, slate, solicit, spare, spitball, state, submit, suggest, table, tender, urge, volunteer, vote (≠ blackball, blacklist, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, -deny, fulminate, oppose, -refuse, -reject, slate, -snub, -veto, withhold)

  PROPOSE (→): aim, arrange, attempt, calculate, chart, consider, contemplate, contrive, cover, debate, design, destine, dream, frame, hope, intend, map, mind, mull, plan, plot, ponder, purport, scheme, shape, target, try, wish (≠ check, consult, contradict, cross-examine, disbelieve, distrust, doubt, dread, fear, grill, interrogate, oppose, question, -refuse, -reject, repulse, scruple, -spurn, suspect)

  PROPOSITION (→): accost, address, approach, ask, bed, bother, bug, buttonhole, coax, confront, detain, flatter, hint, hustle, importune, insinuate, inveigle, molest, persuade, pester, pose, prefer, propose, pursue, put, schmooze, seduce, solicit, suggest, waylay (≠ alarm, bully, caution, coerce, daunt, demand, -deny, force, insist, intimidate, menace, muscle, nauseate, obligate, railroad, -refuse, -reject, repulse, warn)