by Damon Suede
STOKE (→): accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, accumulate, activate, add, affirm, aggrandize, amass, amplify, assert, augment, beef, boost, brainstorm, build, catalyze, collect, complement, compound, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, egg, elongate, emphasize, encourage, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exacerbate, expand, extend, feed, foment, foster, fuel, goad, heighten, hype, ignite, incite, increase, inflate, instigate, intensify, kindle, lengthen, magnify, maximize, multiply, poke, prioritize, prod, prolong, prompt, protract, pump, rabble-rouse, raise, reinforce, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir, strengthen, stretch, supersize, supplement, swell, treble, triple, up (≠ abate, abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, constrict, contract, curtail, decrease, de-escalate, delay, -deter, diminish, downsize, foil, -frustrate, hamper, hinder, lessen, lower, minimize, monkey-wrench, muzzle, pause, postpone, -prevent, reduce, shelve, short-circuit, shorten, stall, stem, stymie, subtract, -thwart, underemphasize)
STOMACH (+): abide, absorb, accept, allow, bear, brave, brook, buck, concede, condone, confront, countenance, endure, experience, face, hack, handle, incur, indulge, know, meet, outlast, overcome, permit, pocket, receive, respect, sanction, season, stand, suffer, support, surmount, survive, sustain, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate, weather, withstand (≠ -avoid, battle, -bypass, -circumvent, combat, contest, -decline, denounce, disallow, dismiss, -dodge, -elude, -escape, -evade, fight, -flee, flout, -hate, miss, misunderstand, oppose, -prevent, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, resist, -shun, -spurn, stop)
STONE (/): annihilate, attack, cream, crucify, crumble, crush, decimate, demolish, demonize, desolate, destroy, devastate, discipline, doom, excoriate, execute, extinguish, grind, lynch, martyr, mill, nuke, pelt, penalize, persecute, pillory, pound, powder, pulp, pulverize, pummel, punish, raze, ruin, scourge, shame, shatter, smash, squash, stigmatize, strike, target, torture, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck (≠ absolve, acquit, aid, benefit, boost, clear, conceal, defend, exonerate, forgive, pardon, praise, promote, rescue, spare, survive, sustain, vindicate, weather, withstand)
STONEWALL (←): baffle, -balk, bamboozle, beguile, block, bullshit, check, conceal, confound, confuse, cross, deceive, defeat, delay, -dodge, double-talk, -evade, fence, flummox, foil, forestall, -frustrate, hamper, hide, hinder, hogtie, hornswoggle, impede, misdirect, mislead, mystify, nobble, nonplus, obscure, obstruct, occlude, oppose, perplex, postpone, preempt, -prevent, puzzle, shelve, shift, short-circuit, shuffle, snooker, spite, stall, stop, stump, stymie, -thwart (≠ assist, clarify, define, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, floodlight, gloss, grease, hasten, illuminate, interpret, resolve, simplify, translate, trust)
STOP (→): block, bung, caulk, chink, choke, clog, close, clot, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, fill, jam, mute, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, pack, plaster, plug, repack, restuff, seal, secure, silence, spackle, stem, stifle, stopper, stopple, stuff, wedge (≠ clear, decongest, dig, excavate, extract, extricate, hollow, open, remove, scoop, shovel, unclog, uncork, unplug, unseal, unstopper)
STOP (←): apprehend, arrest, baffle, -balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, cage, catch, check, choke, clog, confine, constrain, contain, control, cripple, curb, dam, deflect, delay, detain, freeze, -frustrate, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold, immobilize, impede, inactivate, inhibit, intercept, interrupt, limit, obstruct, paralyze, pause, -prevent, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, shelve, short-circuit, snag, squash, squelch, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stunt, suppress, -thwart (≠ accelerate, actuate, advance, aid, assist, benefit, boost, budge, continue, drive, encourage, expedite, facilitate, fast-forward, fast-track, frogmarch, goad, grease, hasten, help, hurry, impel, march, move, prioritize, progress, promote, propel, punt, push, spur, stimulate, stir)
STOP (/): -abandon, abolish, -abort, annul, anticipate, arrest, ban, bar, block, blockade, brake, break, call, can, cease, check, checkmate, close, complete, conclude, -cut, dam, deactivate, demolish, destroy, detain, -discontinue, dissolve, doom, drop, end, eradicate, erase, finish, forestall, -halt, hamstring, hold, inactivate, -interdict, -kibosh, kick, kill, obstruct, -prevent, -prohibit, -quit, rein, rest, ruin, scuttle, snuff, squash, squelch, stamp, staunch, stay, stem, suppress, suspend, terminate (≠ activate, actuate, advance, animate, begin, brainstorm, catalyze, commence, continue, drive, extend, impel, initiate, institute, introduce, keep, launch, legalize, permit, progress, prolong, propel, reboot, restart, resume, spur, start, stir, unspool)
STORE (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, bank, budget, bury, cache, cellar, coffer, collect, conceal, concentrate, conserve, cram, deposit, ensconce, ensure, file, garage, garner, gather, hangar, heap, hoard, hold, house, husband, jam, keep, mothball, niche, pack, pickle, pile, preserve, procure, reserve, retain, salt, save, secrete, secure, shelve, squirrel, stack, stash, stock, stockpile, stow, treasure, tuck, warehouse, wedge, withhold (≠ bandy, blow, cast, circulate, consume, deplete, diffuse, discard, dispel, disperse, dissipate, -ditch, download, dump, exhaust, expend, fritter, jettison, lavish, misspend, offload, overfeed, relinquish, scatter, scavenge, spend, squander, surrender, toss, unload, waste)
STORM (→): ambush, assail, assault, attack, barrage, batter, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blindside, blitz, bomb, bombard, buffet, bum-rush, bushwhack, cannon, charge, claim, envelop, flank, gate-crash, harry, infest, invade, loot, mob, mortar, nuke, occupy, overrun, pillage, plunder, press, raid, ransack, ravage, reclaim, rush, sack, sandbag, seize, stomp, strike, surprise, swarm, trash, trespass, violate, waylay (≠ assist, -avoid, bar, barricade, befriend, block, blockade, calm, cover, defend, guard, mitigate, moderate, outlast, placate, preserve, protect, repel, rescue, resist, restore, save, secure, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, warn, withdraw, withstand)
STOW (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, archive, assemble, bank, budget, bundle, bury, cache, cellar, coffer, collect, conceal, concentrate, conserve, cram, deposit, ensconce, file, garage, garner, gather, hangar, heap, hoard, hold, house, husband, jam, jam-pack, keep, load, mothball, niche, overstuff, pack, pile, place, preserve, procure, reserve, retain, salt, save, secrete, secure, shelve, squirrel, stack, stash, stock, stockpile, store, stuff, treasure, tuck, warehouse, wedge, withhold (≠ -abandon, blow, cast, consume, deplete, diffuse, discard, dispel, disperse, dissipate, -ditch, drop, dump, exhaust, expend, expose, forfeit, fritter, impoverish, jettison, lavish, lose, misspend, offload, overfeed, relinquish, scatter, spend, squander, surrender, toss, unload, waste)
STRAIGHTEN (+): adjust, align, arrange, bend, bow, calibrate, compose, coordinate, correct, disentangle, equalize, even, expand, extend, flatten, hook, iron, level, neaten, order, plumb, realign, rectify, right, simplify, smooth, streamline, tidy, tune, tweak, unbend, uncoil, uncrumple, uncurl, unfold, unkink, unravel, unroll, unskew, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist, unwind (≠ alter, bend, coil, contort, corrugate, crease, crimp, crook, curl, curve, distort, entwine, fold, kink, loop, mangle, quiver, ripple, rotate, round, shift, skew, slant, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twist, untidy, warp, wiggle, wind, wriggle, wrinkle)
STRAIN (/): aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, compel, compromise, demand, drive, exact, exasperate, exert, extract, fatigue, force, gall, grate, harass, harry, hassle, importune, irk, irritate, nettle, overtax, overwork, pain, peeve, pester, plague, press, pressure, push, rile, spite, stretch, tax, test, tire, try, vex, weaken (≠ alleviate, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, console, ease, encourage, enliven, gladden, gratify, hearten, help, humor, invigorate, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, reassure, refresh, relax, release, relieve, soothe, strengthen, support)
STRAIN (/): batter, bruise, cinch, constrict, crack, cripple, damage, dislocate, displace, elongate, extend, fray, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lame, lengthen, mangle, mutilate, pull, rack, rick, rupture, sever, shred, split, sprain, stretch, tauten, tax, tear, tense, tighten, turn, twist, weaken, wound, wrench (≠ adjust, alleviate, bandage, brace, doctor, ease, fix, heal, help, loosen, medicate, mend, nurse, relax, remedy, repair, restore, slack, slacken, soothe, treat)
STRA
IN (/): bolt, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, colander, compress, decontaminate, disinfect, distill, divide, drain, express, expunge, extract, filter, fine, garble, leach, percolate, process, purge, purify, quarantine, rarefy, rectify, refine, remove, riddle, sanitize, screen, separate, sieve, sift, squeeze, wash, winnow, wring (≠ agitate, amalgamate, besmirch, blend, churn, cloud, combine, contaminate, defile, dirty, dull, foul, fuse, infest, integrate, jumble, meld, mix, muddy, poison, pollute, scramble, soil, spoil, stain, stir, sully, taint, unify, unite)
STRANGLE (/): asphyxiate, burke, check, choke, confine, constrict, control, curb, dampen, daunt, demotivate, depress, -deter, discourage, dishearten, disincline, dissuade, endanger, extinguish, -frustrate, gag, garrote, hamper, hinder, hush, impede, imperil, inhibit, kill, limit, lynch, muffle, murder, mute, muzzle, paralyze, quiet, repress, restrain, shush, silence, smother, squeeze, squelch, stifle, stop, stymie, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring (≠ aerate, air, clear, free, heal, help, inhale, inspire, loose, nurture, open, oxygenate, reinvigorate, release, relieve, restore, resuscitate, revive, unclog, unseal, vent, ventilate, verbalize, vocalize, voice)
STRAP (+): attach, bandage, bind, chain, cinch, confine, connect, constrain, couple, curb, entangle, fasten, fetter, fix, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hobble, hogtie, impede, iron, join, knot, lace, lash, limit, link, manacle, moor, pinion, restrict, rope, secure, shackle, tangle, tether, tie, trammel, truss, unite (≠ -abandon, detach, disengage, divide, drop, eject, emancipate, free, jettison, liberate, loose, loosen, release, repel, rescue, separate, sever, slack, slacken, split, unbind, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unhitch, unshackle, untangle, untie)
STRAP (/): beat, belt, birch, blackjack, cane, chastise, clobber, clout, club, cudgel, cuff, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hide, hit, horsewhip, lace, lambaste, lash, lick, maul, paddle, pelt, pummel, punish, scourge, slap, slate, smack, smite, spank, swat, swipe, switch, tan, thrash, thwack, wallop, whack, whip, whup (≠ aid, assist, block, caress, coddle, defend, deflect, guard, heal, help, indulge, mollycoddle, nurse, parry, protect, reward, shield, spoil, stroke, support, tend)
STREAMLINE (+): abridge, automate, clarify, compact, computerize, concentrate, condense, consolidate, correct, decipher, enhance, focus, improve, incorporate, modernize, modify, optimize, overhaul, oversimplify, paraphrase, perfect, prune, purify, realign, reconceive, reconceptualize, reduce, refine, refurbish, reimagine, reinvent, remodel, renovate, reorganize, reshape, reshuffle, rethink, retool, revamp, revise, revolutionize, simplify, strip, trim, uncomplicate, unify, unravel, untangle, update, upgrade (≠ adorn, complicate, compound, decorate, elaborate, embellish, fancify, garnish, glitz, grace, jumble, muddle, ornament, pad, sophisticate, stud, tangle, tinsel, tool, trim)
STRENGTHEN (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adjust, aid, anneal, arm, assist, assuage, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, case-harden, condition, cure, doctor, edify, empower, enable, enforce, fix, forearm, fortify, freshen, galvanize, habituate, harden, heal, heighten, help, immunize, indurate, inure, invigorate, kindle, limber, mend, mobilize, motivate, naturalize, nurture, patch, patronize, prop, protect, reassure, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinforce, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, repair, restimulate, restore, revitalize, revive, season, steady, steel, stiffen, support, sustain, temper, toughen, train, vaccinate, vitalize (≠ canker, castrate, checkmate, corrode, cripple, damage, daunt, debilitate, demoralize, destroy, discourage, dishearten, dissolve, dissuade, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, eradicate, erase, exhaust, fracture, fragment, -halt, hamstring, harm, imperil, incapacitate, -neglect, overthrow, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, scotch, scupper, scuttle, sensitize, shake, shatter, short-circuit, soften, undermine, unman, unsettle, upset, weaken)
STRENGTHEN (+): anneal, beef, develop, drill, embattle, energize, enhance, exercise, facilitate, firm, fortify, fuel, harden, invigorate, nourish, perfect, practice, prepare, refine, rehearse, repeat, review, study, temper, tone, toughen, train, vitalize, work (≠ cripple, damage, debilitate, doom, enervate, enfeeble, hamstring, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, paralyze, rupture, sap, scar, scupper, shelve, strain, tear, undercut, undermine, weaken)
STRENGTHEN (+): abet, accelerate, accentuate, aggravate, amp, amplify, augment, back, beef, boost, broaden, comfort, concentrate, condone, consolidate, deepen, develop, elevate, emphasize, encourage, endorse, enforce, enhance, enlarge, enliven, exacerbate, excite, expand, extend, favor, feed, force-feed, foster, fuel, further, hasten, heighten, help, improve, increase, inspire, intensify, jazz, lengthen, magnify, maximize, nourish, nurture, prioritize, promote, protect, provoke, quicken, raise, rally, redouble, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, restore, revitalize, rouse, sanction, second, secure, sharpen, spur, stress, supplement (≠ abate, -abort, abridge, alleviate, ameliorate, annul, block, -cancel, checkmate, contradict, counter, cramp, curb, curtail, decrease, dent, diminish, drop, ease, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, lessen, lighten, lose, lower, moderate, monkey-wrench, muzzle, obstruct, -prevent, reduce, -reject, restrain, restrict, sabotage, scotch, shrink, shrivel, slow, stop, subdue, subtract, taper, -thwart, tone, undermine, weaken)
STRESS (+): accent, accentuate, advertise, amplify, assert, augment, beef, belabor, bolster, boost, coerce, compel, concentrate, deepen, dictate, dragoon, drive, emphasize, enhance, enlarge, enliven, escalate, exaggerate, feature, focus, foment, foreground, galvanize, heighten, highlight, hijack, identify, illuminate, impel, incite, increase, intensify, jazz, magnify, mandate, maximize, overdramatize, overemphasize, overplay, oversell, pinpoint, plug, press, prioritize, promote, propel, publicize, punctuate, push, reinforce, sharpen, spark, spotlight, stimulate, strengthen, supplement, underline, underscore, urge (≠ belittle, blunt, buffer, bury, conceal, cover, cut, decrease, deemphasize, diminish, -discount, disparage, downplay, hide, lessen, mediate, minimize, mitigate, obscure, obstruct, reduce, shrink, slacken, soften, subdue, tune, underemphasize, understate, weaken)
STRESS (/): afflict, agitate, alarm, anger, annoy, appall, blackjack, bother, browbeat, bug, bulldoze, bully, burden, concern, crunch, daunt, demotivate, depress, disappoint, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dismay, dispirit, distend, distress, disturb, dread, earbash, force, fret, frighten, goad, gravel, harass, hassle, horrify, intimidate, irk, irritate, motivate, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, oblige, overdo, overextend, panic, pressure, pull, rattle, ruffle, scare, shake, shock, strain, stretch, tense, traumatize, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, worry (≠ allay, alleviate, amuse, appease, assist, assuage, calm, cure, cushion, delight, drug, ease, entertain, fix, gratify, help, humor, hypnotize, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, referee, relax, relieve, remedy, satisfy, sedate, stupefy, sugarcoat, thrill, tranquilize, uplift, woo, wow)
STRETCH (→): accentuate, amplify, attenuate, broaden, challenge, demand, drag, elongate, emphasize, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, maximize, project, prolong, protract, push, reach, spread, stimulate, strain, tauten, tax, test, thin, tighten, try, unfold, unspool, widen (≠ abbreviate, abridge, break, concentrate, condense, contract, crumble, curtail, cut, decrease, diminish, lessen, minimize, reduce, shorten, shrink, thicken)
STRIKE (→): amaze, assault, astound, attack, backhand, bang, bat, batter, beat, belt, biff, box, break, bruise, buffet, bump, cane, castigate, charge, chastise, clobber, clock, clout, club, crash, crown, cudgel, cuff, cut, dash, hammer, hit, knock, know, lash, pelt, pound, punch, ram, rap, shake, sideswipe, slam, slap, slash, slog, slug, smack, sock, spank, stone, strap, stun, swat, swipe, tan, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wound (≠ aid, assist, block, counter, counterpunch, cover, deflect, guard, help, miss, nurse, parry, protect, shield)
STRIKE (/): abuse, ambush, assail, assault, attack, besiege, blindside, brutalize, bushwhack, charge, harm, hurt, injure, launch, push, ravage, rush, sandbag, smash, storm, strangle, thrash, victimize, wound, wrong (≠ armor, assemble, barricade, blockade, build, -bypass, defend, -disregard, guard, help, -overlook, please
, preserve, protect, secure, shelter, shield, skirt, support)
STRIP (←): bare, bark, denude, disrobe, divest, expose, flay, peel, remove, shuck, skin, tear, unbuckle, unbutton, unclothe, uncover, undrape, undress, unmask, unveil (≠ accoutre, apparel, arm, blanket, buckle, button, caparison, cloak, clothe, costume, cover, deck, drape, dress, equip, furnish, garb, gown, mantle, outfit, rig, robe, swaddle, swathe, tog, veil)
STRIP (←): abate, bankrupt, beggar, bereave, burgle, cheat, clean, clear, defraud, deprive, despoil, disinherit, displace, dispossess, divest, empty, expose, gut, impoverish, lift, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, remove, rob, shave, shortchange, spoil, unpack, withdraw (≠ bankroll, capitalize, compensate, cover, defend, earn, endow, envelop, fill, finance, fund, recoup, replace, replenish, restore, stock, supply, underwrite)
STRIP (/): clear, excoriate, flay, hull, husk, pare, peel, remove, rind, rip, scale, scalp, scour, scrape, shed, shuck, skin, tear, zest (≠ bale, buffer, cocoon, cover, cushion, encase, envelop, package, sheathe, shield, shroud, wrap)
STRIP (/): annihilate, bankrupt, beggar, decimate, deconstruct, demolish, deprive, destroy, detach, disarticulate, disassemble, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dismantle, dismember, disunite, divest, divide, fell, gut, level, raze, remove, ruin, separate, split, strike, subvert, topple, unsew, wrack, wreck (≠ affix, assemble, build, combine, construct, craft, erect, fabricate, fashion, fasten, glue, machine, make, manufacture, pin, pitch, raise, sew, stitch, survive, sustain, unite, weather, weld, withstand)