by Damon Suede
STARVE (/): -deny, deprive, disadvantage, dismiss, -forbid, -ignore, -neglect, -prohibit, reduce, -reject, remove, scant, scrimp, skimp, stint, weaken, withdraw, withhold (≠ beef, bolster, bottle-feed, cook, feed, fill, force-feed, fuel, furnish, gratify, nourish, nurture, offer, overfeed, satisfy, supply, support, tender, victual, volunteer)
STASH (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, archive, assemble, bank, budget, bury, cache, closet, coffer, collect, conceal, concentrate, conserve, deposit, ensconce, garner, gather, heap, hide, hoard, hold, husband, keep, mothball, niche, pickle, pile, preserve, procure, reserve, retain, salt, save, secrete, secure, squirrel, stack, stock, stockpile, store, stow, treasure, warehouse, withhold (≠ blow, cast, circulate, consume, deplete, diffuse, discard, dispel, disperse, dissipate, -ditch, divest, dump, exhaust, expend, fritter, impoverish, jettison, lavish, misspend, offload, overfeed, relinquish, scatter, spend, squander, surrender, throw, toss, unload, waste)
STEADY (←): allay, appease, assuage, calm, check, compose, conciliate, control, cool, curb, defuse, discipline, domesticate, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, reconcile, relax, relieve, restrain, reunite, sedate, smooth, soften, soothe, squelch, still, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, tranquilize (≠ agitate, anger, arouse, bait, enrage, excite, incense, infuriate, irritate, militarize, outrage, provoke, rouse, ruffle, unleash)
STEADY (+): adjust, align, arrange, array, balance, brace, buttress, calibrate, center, compose, constrain, control, coordinate, counterbalance, equalize, fix, harmonize, integrate, maintain, marshal, mediate, normalize, orchestrate, order, organize, pace, place, plan, plot, prepare, preserve, prop, rationalize, referee, regularize, regulate, right, schematize, secure, set, settle, shape, sort, splint, stabilize, structure, strut, support, sustain, systematize, tune, tweak, unsnarl, untangle, uphold (≠ alarm, alter, ambush, attack, blindside, boobytrap, bushwhack, confuse, convulse, disconcert, exacerbate, exasperate, intensify, monkey-wrench, perplex, puzzle, rattle, rile, roil, sabotage, sandbag, scupper, shake, shift, shunt, subvert, troll, undermine, unnerve, weaken)
STEAL (←): abduct, appropriate, bogart, burglarize, burgle, capture, carjack, cheat, collar, defraud, despoil, embezzle, filch, freeboot, glom, grab, grasp, heist, hijack, hook, hotwire, kidnap, lift, loot, maraud, misappropriate, mooch, nab, nail, nip, nobble, pick, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, pluck, plunder, poach, pocket, purloin, ransack, remove, rifle, rob, rustle, sack, seize, shanghai, shoplift, snag, snatch, sneak, snitch, sponge, stiff, sucker, swindle, swipe, take, thieve (≠ afford, bestow, buy, comp, contribute, defend, donate, furnish, give, hand, offer, present, protect, provide, purchase, recover, restore, return, secure, shield, spare, supply, tender, transfer, volunteer, yield)
STEAMROLLER (→): abuse, beat, bluff, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, clear, clobber, coerce, command, compel, constrain, control, cow, cream, crush, daunt, defeat, demand, demolish, dominate, domineer, drub, fell, flatten, force, frighten, haze, hector, intimidate, level, menace, muscle, oppress, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pulverize, railroad, raze, sandbag, scare, shellac, smash, smear, steamroll, subdue, subjugate, terrorize, thrash, threaten, topple, torment, traumatize, trounce, tyrannize, upset, usurp, vanquish, victimize, violate, wallop, wrong (≠ accommodate, aid, amuse, appease, assemble, assist, authorize, baby, bribe, build, cajole, clarify, coax, coddle, comfort, convince, court, delight, discourage, dissuade, ease, empower, enable, encourage, enlighten, entertain, erect, favor, featherbed, foster, gauge, grant, gratify, help, humor, inspire, mollycoddle, nobble, nudge, nurture, oblige, organize, pacify, pamper, permit, persuade, pull, raise, reassure, reward, romance, satisfy, schmooze, soothe, steel, subvert, suggest, underwhelm, woo)
STEEL (+): acclimate, accustom, adapt, adjust, animate, anneal, assure, beef, bolster, boost, brace, buoy, buttress, calibrate, case-harden, cheer, condition, consolidate, embattle, embolden, empower, encourage, energize, enforce, enliven, excite, forearm, fortify, galvanize, gird, habituate, harden, hearten, immunize, indurate, inspire, inure, invigorate, naturalize, nerve, prepare, prioritize, prop, provoke, psych, quicken, rally, ready, reassure, reinforce, season, stabilize, steady, stiffen, stimulate, stir, strengthen, support, temper, tone, toughen, train, tweak, vaccinate, vitalize (≠ castrate, cripple, daunt, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, deplete, depress, -deter, diminish, discourage, dissuade, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, hamstring, harm, impair, incapacitate, intimidate, kneecap, melt, overextend, sadden, sap, scotch, sensitize, shake, shrivel, soften, undercut, undermine, unman, unnerve, weaken, wither, wizen, worsen)
STEEP (+): animate, bathe, brine, charge, damp, deluge, dip, drench, drown, embalm, enliven, fill, flood, imbrue, imbue, immerse, implant, impregnate, inculcate, infuse, ingrain, inoculate, instill, inundate, invest, invigorate, leaven, macerate, marinate, moisten, overwhelm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pickle, plant, presoak, saturate, soak, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, syrup (≠ clear, dehydrate, delete, deplete, deprive, desiccate, divest, drain, dry, eliminate, empty, eradicate, erase, flush, leach, leech, parch, purge, remove, strip, wring)
STEER (→): accompany, attend, captain, chair, chaperone, chauffeur, commandeer, conduct, control, convoy, direct, dominate, escort, govern, guide, helm, hijack, influence, lead, manage, maneuver, manipulate, marshal, navigate, negotiate, operate, outsmart, outthink, pilot, route, see, shepherd, show, skipper, turn, usher (≠ crash, dog, follow, hound, mishandle, shadow, sideswipe, smash, subvert, tail, tailgate, trail)
STERILIZE (+): bleach, boil, bolt, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, disinfect, distill, eliminate, expurgate, exterminate, extract, filter, filtrate, fine, freshen, fumigate, launder, leach, process, purge, purify, quarantine, rectify, refine, sanitize, scour, screen, scrub, sieve, sift, wash (≠ befoul, begrime, besmirch, blacken, cloud, contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, dull, foul, grime, infect, infest, mire, muddy, poison, pollute, rot, smirch, smudge, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint)
STERILIZE (/): alter, blight, caponize, castrate, deball, desex, doctor, dress, emasculate, excise, extract, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, remove, spay, unman, unsex (≠ arouse, boost, buoy, charge, fertilize, heal, invigorate, keep, renew, replace, restore, retain, stimulate)
STICK (→): bayonet, cut, gimlet, gore, harpoon, impale, insert, jab, knife, lance, peck, penetrate, perforate, pick, pierce, pike, pink, poke, prick, prong, punch, puncture, push, ram, razor, riddle, shank, shiv, skewer, slice, spear, spike, spit, stab, thrust, transfix (≠ aid, armor, assist, close, cure, defend, extract, guard, heal, help, parry, -rebuff, remove, sew, shield)
STICK (→): affix, anchor, array, assemble, berth, carry, clap, collect, depose, deposit, dispose, drop, ensconce, establish, fix, install, juxtapose, lay, line, locate, lock, lodge, move, nestle, niche, orient, park, place, plank, plant, plonk, plop, plump, plunk, position, put, queue, rank, rearrange, rejigger, reorder, set, settle, shift, site, situate, slap, wedge (≠ banish, dislodge, displace, eject, extricate, find, force, lose, oust, relegate, relocate, remove, replace, shift, shove, shunt, supersede, supplant, take)
STICK (+): adhere, affix, attach, bind, bond, cement, cleave, fasten, fix, fuse, glue, grip, gum, hew, hold, join, mortar, paste, pin, secure, solder, tack, tape, unite, weld (≠ cut, detach, disconnect, drop, loosen, pull, remove, rip, slacken, snatch, tear, unfasten, wrench, yank)
STIFFEN (+): anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, cement, clot, coagulate, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, dry, firm, fix, flex, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, harden, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, pucker, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, strengthen, temper, tense, thicken, tighten, toughen (≠ corrode, dilute, dissolve, liquefy, loosen, marinate, melt, moisten, presoak, rarefy, slacken, soak, soften, tenderize, thaw, weaken)
STIFFEN (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adjust, augment, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, condition, embolden, enforce, forearm, fortify, h
abituate, harden, harshen, immunize, indurate, inure, invigorate, naturalize, prop, reinforce, season, steel, strengthen, support, sustain, temper, toughen, vitalize (≠ bend, cripple, crumple, debilitate, ease, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, erode, exhaust, fatigue, fold, hamstring, harm, heat, impair, incapacitate, lessen, moderate, quiver, sabotage, sap, sensitize, soften, thin, undermine, unman, weaken, wiggle)
STIFLE (/): asphyxiate, ban, burke, censor, choke, cork, cripple, curb, cushion, dampen, daunt, deaden, depress, -deter, devoice, discourage, dishearten, disincline, dissuade, extinguish, -forbid, -frustrate, gag, garrote, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hurt, hush, impair, impede, inhibit, kill, muffle, mute, muzzle, paralyze, pinch, pound, -prevent, quell, quench, quiet, repress, restrain, scorch, silence, smother, snuff, spike, squash, squelch, squench, stagnate, stale, stall, still, stop, strangle, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, trouble (≠ aerate, aid, amplify, assist, boost, create, deepen, encourage, enhance, enliven, escalate, exaggerate, express, free, heighten, help, increase, inspire, intensify, loose, magnify, maximize, oxygenate, persuade, prioritize, reinvigorate, release, resuscitate, revive, start, strengthen, support, vent, ventilate)
STIGMATIZE (/): badmouth, besmirch, blacken, blackguard, blacklist, blame, blemish, brand, characterize, class, classify, condemn, criticize, critique, debunk, defame, demonize, denigrate, denounce, deride, designate, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disrespect, diss, expose, fault, finger, frame, harm, humiliate, incriminate, injure, insult, label, libel, malign, mark, mock, muckrake, -ostracize, pillory, pollute, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, resent, revile, ridicule, scandalize, scapegoat, scorch, -scorn, shame, slam, slander, smear, stain, stamp, sully, tag, taint, tarnish, vilify, villainize (≠ alibi, anonymize, approve, assist, blandish, boost, commend, compliment, defend, elevate, exalt, exonerate, extol, flatter, gratify, honor, idolize, lionize, mislabel, pardon, praise, prioritize, protect, revere, reward, spare, treasure, venerate, vindicate, worship)
STILL (←): arrest, baffle, -balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, cage, catch, check, choke, clog, conclude, confine, cripple, curb, curtail, dam, deactivate, detain, disable, -discontinue, end, extinguish, freeze, -halt, hinder, hold, immobilize, impede, incapacitate, obstruct, paralyze, pin, rein, repress, restrain, snag, squash, squelch, stall, staunch, stay, stem, stifle, stop, stunt, suppress, suspend, terminate, transfix (≠ accelerate, actuate, advance, budge, continue, drive, encourage, foment, fuel, goad, hasten, impel, kindle, mobilize, move, prompt, propel, provoke, punt, push, quicken, rouse, shove, shunt, spur, stir)
STILL (+): abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, dampen, deaden, dull, ease, hush, hypnotize, lighten, lull, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, narcotize, numb, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, relax, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, silence, smooth, solace, soothe, stifle, stupefy, subdue, tranquilize, unruffle (≠ aggravate, agitate, alarm, arouse, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, energize, exacerbate, excite, foment, heighten, incite, intensify, irritate, jar, jostle, perturb, rattle, rouse, shake, spur, stimulate, stir, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex)
STIMULATE (→): actuate, agitate, amp, animate, applaud, arouse, awaken, boost, brace, buoy, charge, cheer, compel, dazzle, disquiet, disturb, drive, elate, electrify, embolden, energize, enkindle, enliven, excite, exhilarate, ferment, fire, foment, fortify, freshen, galvanize, gentrify, ginger, grab, hearten, impassion, impel, incite, inflame, infuse, inspire, instigate, invigorate, jazz, juice, jump-start, kindle, lift, liven, motivate, move, pique, prioritize, propel, provoke, quicken, raise, rally, razzle-dazzle, reactivate, reanimate, reassure, reawaken, recharge, recreate, reenergize, refresh, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, restimulate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, rouse, shock, spark, spike, startle, steel, stir, strengthen, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, trigger, vitalize, vivify, wake, zap (≠ bridle, castrate, check, consume, cripple, curb, damp, dampen, daunt, deactivate, deaden, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, depress, -deter, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, freeze, hamper, harass, hinder, hobble, immobilize, incapacitate, inhibit, jade, kill, leech, numb, overextend, pacify, paralyze, quell, quench, repress, restrain, sap, sedate, slake, slow, still, stunt, suppress, tranquilize, tucker, undermine, weaken, wear, weary, wither)
STIMULATE (→): abet, activate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, bother, bug, drive, encourage, energize, enrage, exasperate, excite, fan, ferment, fire, foment, gall, galvanize, goad, hasten, hook, ignite, impassion, incite, incur, induce, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, jeer, jolt, kindle, lubricate, madden, midwife, motivate, move, nag, needle, nettle, pique, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, rabble-rouse, raise, rev, send, shake, spark, spawn, spur, stir, stoke, stretch, taunt, tease, trigger, upset, urge, vex, vitalize (≠ anesthetize, appease, bore, burden, calm, cripple, dampen, deactivate, deaden, depress, dope, dose, drug, dull, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hobble, hush, hypnotize, impair, impede, lull, mellow, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, narcotize, numb, pacify, placate, poison, postpone, -prevent, sadden, sedate, sicken, soothe, stagnate, stale, stifle, stunt, stupefy, subdue, suppress, throttle, torpefy, tranquilize)
STING (←): bamboozle, beat, betray, bilk, bleed, buffalo, cheat, chisel, clip, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, double-cross, dupe, embezzle, exploit, extort, fast-talk, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, fool, gazump, gouge, gull, hocus-pocus, hustle, lull, manipulate, milk, nick, outwit, overcharge, pluck, ream, rook, rope, scam, screw, short, shortchange, skin, soak, squeeze, stick, stiff, sucker, swindle, trick, underpay, victimize, wrench, wrest, wring, wrong (≠ accuse, aid, assist, assume, assure, believe, catch, confess, credit, defend, discredit, encourage, expose, fund, give, help, lose, -prevent, protect, shield, trust, undercharge, watch)
STING (/): annoy, bite, cut, distress, exasperate, goad, grieve, harm, heckle, hurt, incense, injure, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, pierce, prick, prod, provoke, stab, torment, upset, wound (≠ aid, benefit, better, cure, doctor, fix, guard, heal, help, mend, patch, protect, rehabilitate, remedy, shield)
STIPULATE (+): ask, badger, bind, claim, command, compel, constrain, contract, demand, dun, enjoin, exact, foist, harass, hound, impose, insist, mandate, obligate, overcommit, plead, press, request, require, requisition, specify, take, want, warrant (≠ -abandon, cede, concede, forfeit, -forsake, lose, relinquish, -renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield)
STIR (→): abet, activate, agitate, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, bother, challenge, charge, churn, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, drive, encourage, energize, enrage, exasperate, excite, fan, ferment, foment, gall, galvanize, generate, gladden, heat, ignite, impassion, incite, incur, induce, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, invigorate, irritate, jolt, kindle, madden, motivate, move, muddle, nag, needle, nerve, nettle, niggle, nitpick, pique, poke, prod, provoke, quicken, rabble-rouse, raise, rattle, razzle-dazzle, rev, roil, rouse, rout, rustle, shake, shift, shock, spark, startle, stimulate, stoke, surprise, taunt, tease, thrill, touch, trigger, unsettle, upset, vex, vitalize, wake (≠ appease, calm, cripple, deactivate, demotivate, -deter, discourage, dissuade, finish, freeze, -halt, hamper, hinder, hush, hypnotize, impede, incapacitate, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, paralyze, placate, -prevent, quiet, restrain, satisfy, sedate, soothe, stabilize, stall, steady, stupefy, subdue, tranquilize)
STIR (+): agitate, bandy, beat, blend, churn, convulse, fold, froth, jumble, mingle, mix, muddy, paddle, reel, roil, scramble, shake, shuffle, slosh, splash, swirl, toss, wash, wheel, whip, whirl, whisk (≠ bottle, colander, contain, distill, divide, extract, filter, insulate, isolate, order, purify, rarefy, rend, separate, sift, slot, sort, split, strain)
STITCH (+): alter, baste, bind, connect, couple, crochet, darn, embroider, fasten, finish, hem, knit, lash, line, mend, patch, plait, pleat, repair, seam, sew, suture, tack, tether, tuck, weave, zip (≠ cleave, comfort,
cut, ease, lacerate, mangle, release, rend, rip, shred, slice, slit, split, tatter, tear, unpick, unsew)
STOCKPILE (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, archive, assemble, bank, budget, bury, cache, coffer, collect, conceal, concentrate, conserve, deposit, ensconce, ensure, garner, gather, heap, hoard, hold, husband, keep, maintain, pickle, pile, preserve, procure, recycle, reserve, retain, salt, salvage, save, scavenge, secrete, secure, squirrel, stack, stash, stock, store, stow, treasure, tuck, wedge, withhold (≠ blow, cannibalize, cast, consume, deplete, depredate, diffuse, discard, dispel, disperse, dissipate, distribute, -ditch, dump, exhaust, expend, fritter, impoverish, jettison, lard, lavish, misspend, offload, overfeed, relinquish, scatter, slather, spend, squander, surrender, unload, waste)