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Nouns (11)

n. a stronghold

n. power by which something or someone is affected or dominated; "he has a hold over them"

n. a cell in a jail or prison

n. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

detention, detainment, hold, custody

n. a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

Verbs (65)

hold

v. take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"

hold

v. stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"

hold

v. keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"

hold

v. aim, point, or direct; "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames"

hold

v. remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas"

hold

v. the act of holding the opponents; a minor penalty is imposed for it

hold, accommodate

v. have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"

bear, hold

v. have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"

carry, hold, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

contain, take, hold

v. be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"

hold, bear, carry, contain

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

defy, withstand, hold, hold up

v. resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

prevail, hold, obtain

v. be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

apply, hold, go for

v. be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

defend, guard, hold

v. protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

oblige, bind, hold, obligate

v. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

declare, adjudge, hold

v. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

reserve, hold, book

v. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

retain, hold, keep back, hold back

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse

v. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

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Fuzzynyms (393)

defensive structure, defense, defence

n. a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"

bastion

n. projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

rampart, bulwark, wall

n. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

crenelation, crenellation

n. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

stand

n. tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

cognizance, ken

n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

perception

n. knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

n. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

own, have, possess

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

organize, organise

v. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

tackle

v. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

count

v. include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

evaluate, pass judgment, judge

v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

yield, give, afford

v. be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

support

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

nourish, nurture, sustain

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

carry

v. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"

carry

v. have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"

impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel

v. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

convey

v. transmit a title or property

take, bring

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

transfer

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

fetch

v. take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

expect

v. look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

hold, bear, carry, contain

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

adhere to, accede to, comply with

v. be compatible or in accordance with

carry

v. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"

carry

v. have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"

impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel

v. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

convey

v. transmit a title or property

take, bring

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

transfer

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

fetch

v. take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

expect

v. look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"

carry, hold, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

have, feature

v. have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

straiten

v. squeeze together

coincide, co-occur, cooccur

v. go with, fall together

own, have, possess

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

possess

v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"

suit, accommodate, fit

v. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"

resist, reject, refuse

v. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend

v. fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

live

v. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"

hold

v. take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"

own, have, possess

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

compete, vie, contend

v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

sequester

v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

imprison

v. confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

insist, take a firm stand

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

insist, assert

v. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

labor, labour

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

push

v. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

continue, go on, persist in, go along

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

assert, asseverate, maintain

v. state categorically

protect

v. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

patrol, police

v. maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

shelter

v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

help

v. contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"

tear

v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

stick

v. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

support

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

travel, go, move, locomote

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

support, back up

v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

invade, occupy

v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

regenerate, renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

uphold, maintain

v. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

maintain, defend

v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

defend, support, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

bolster

v. prop up with a pillow or bolster

tear

v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

stick

v. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

seize, clutch, get hold of

v. affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

grasp, hold on

v. hold firmly

poise

v. cause to be balanced or suspended

defend

v. be on the defensive; act against an attack

escort

v. accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

shelter

v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

carry

v. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"

carry

v. have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"

impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel

v. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

convey

v. transmit a title or property

take, bring

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

transfer

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

fetch

v. take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

expect

v. look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"

carry, hold, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

hold, bear, carry, contain

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

suffer, endure

v. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

suffer, meet

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

invite, pay for

v. have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"

take care, mind

v. be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements"

chair, chairman

v. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"

oversee, supervise, superintend, manage

v. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

preside

v. act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"

meet, match, cope with

v. satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"

function, work, operate, go, run

v. perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

work, act

v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

confess, squeal, fink

v. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

confess

v. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

concede, profess, confess

v. admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"

rule, find

v. decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

spare, give up, part with, dispense with

v. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

spare

v. use frugally or carefully

roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

congregate

v. come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

save

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

carry

v. have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

hold

v. take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"

own, have, possess

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

withhold, deduct, recoup

v. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

retain, hold, keep back, hold back

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

reserve, hold, book

v. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

harbor, harbour

v. keep in one's possession; of animals

nourish, nurture, sustain

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

please

v. give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"

cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden

v. give encouragement to

cheer, cheer up, chirk up

v. become cheerful

exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy

v. feel extreme happiness or elation

gladden

v. become glad or happy

glory

v. rejoice proudly

wallow, rejoice, triumph

v. be ecstatic with joy

absorb, engross, engage, occupy

v. consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

Synonyms (8)

resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

take, read

v. interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"

shelve

v. place on a shelf; "shelve books"

avoid

v. refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

Antonyms (21)

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

commit, practice

v. engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"

deny

v. refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

lose

v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

lose

v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

lose

v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

unblock, unfreeze, free, release

v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

drop

v. let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

hold

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